Hi "Proxo-Friends",
Not at all melodramtic, I also share that senitment with You "Seeker1". And I like it when a person has a "passionately expresses" and asserts him-self.
Truely the idea of "absolute anonymity" on the net is a myth. All data passes through many, many servers before it gets to it's destination. Any just about everybody keeps a log. When T. Berners-Lee came up with the idea that documents on one machine could have links that could access documents on other machines, and the Net was born, he wasn't even thinking of security or privacy. So the InterNet wasn't even designed with these Issues in mind. The new Palladium chip doesn't introduce something new, it's just allowing an easier way to accomplish what's be going on all along. Trust me on this one, I Know that it happens!
Up until a couple of years ago, I knew nothing about computers, internet, or anything like that. After that I had purchased the First computer, and hooked up on-line. I was so excited about it. I was like a kid at Christmas. And then I read a book Called "Hack-Attack", and I was devastated at what was going on! It revealled to me "Who" the real "CRACKERS" was. That set me on a path to find out what could be done about such things. I got "Cyber Street-Wise" real fast. And I tried to tell everybody that I could about what I had discovered. And Most people Laughed and said I was nuts. (Which I am, but that's beside the point.
) I have had Free Work-shops at the Public Libraries trying to inform the public, and I wouldn't have to count very far to tell You the number of people that would attend.
It's just like the "Guy" that said to another, "You what's wrong with the the world, . . .Ignorance and apathy. What do You think?"
And the man replied, "I Don't KNOW, And I Don't CARE!"
Since the InterNet was not even in it's design, created without the Personal Privacy or Security in mind, so then it's every individual's responsibility to Secure his machine and take the proper steps to insure his and his Family's Privacy and Security. That is a choice that they must make and of course if they have the "I don't KNOW, and I don't Care" attitude there is nothing that anyone can do for them.
Also if the new computers are coming out with the Palladium technology, I will keep my old machine and do my own hard-ware up-dates. If You can't buy hard-ware that don't have it in it, . . .well, . . .Did You ever see anybody cut a catalytic-convertor out of an exhaust system? If sites won't work without have the "nasty" thing on Your machine, then I won't use those sites. As long as I can surf to ARNE'S FORUM, I really don't have many sites that I care surf to anyways. A few search engines and few software sites. Where there is a will, there is a way. There is always the option of Web-Tv. (No Hard-drive to access)And if the whole InterNet goes to *Hades* in a hand-basket, I've always got good old fashion Snail-mail and the telephone that I can keep up with my Buddies here on the FORUM. Though we all know that those resources is and has been tapped into before and exploited as well by certain organizations from time to time.
There is also the "phasing-in" effect. If sites won't work without having the Palladium chip on being on Your Machine, they can't just turn everything around over night or the "Masses will revolt". The idea for color-Tv was being worked on for many many years before that it was compatible the present TV signal system. If they Changed the Whole system to work with the Proto-type Color TV, it would make all the Black & White Tvs obsolete, and of course "The Masses would Revolt". So they had to come up with a color Tv that was compatible with the (at that Time) present black & white Tv system.
A few years ago, it was estimated that High-definition/High-resolution tv would be mass distributed and the WHole NTSC or PAL system would be changed to accomendate the H-D/H-R Tvs. They had to change the Horizontal and Vertical Sweep rates of the Whole TV Standard to match the sweep rates of a computer monitor. They estimated that they would gradually phase all the NTSC and PAL Tv stations out and have the New Set-ups in over the next 7 years. It was to be started in 1998, and by the Year 2000 only have 2 NTSC and PAL stations still on line, and by the year 2002 the TV signal standards would be changed and everyone would be watching H-D/H-R TVs. And of course us old tv set owners would have the option of buying, for about $200.00(in American Currency), a convertor box that would convert the New Changed TV Standard, back to the Old standard so our old TVs would still work. Well, it's 2002 and I've still yet to hear of one single Tv station being converted to a new Standard of any kind. So much for their predictions.
Well I guess I have written a book to read! LOL! Sorry!
Here is something else I believe:
2Tim.1:7," For GOD hath not Given US the spirit of Fear, but one of Power, and of Love, and a Sound Mind."
Have a Great & Wonderful Day, My GOOD PROXO-FRIENDS!
"TV-JAK"
