Description : If an average guy was put in the middle of an endless crowd of Zombies and given a samurai sword, how long do you think he would last before getting too tired to cut their limbs and heads off?
Last Answer : I would kill myself only LOL
Description : Should I "blow the whistle" on this online health care service? Or am I just making drama?
Last Answer : Wait, what are you saying? They use your real name when talking to you?
Description : How do I turn off the preview of Facebook notifications on iPhone?
Last Answer : You could turn off the Facebook alerts altogether. Other than that, I don’t think so.
Description : Is this creepy, should I change my user name, and how the heck do you delete a myspace account?
Last Answer : answer:I can't help you specifically but had essentially the same experience yesterday. I was having a pre-surgery assessment and medical history interview with the nurse at my orthopedic surgeon's Pre- ... fingertips that I had completely forgotten about. She said that it was all in the records.
Description : Can a deactivated account on facebook be blocked?
Last Answer : Have you tried blocking this person from the block feature in your privacy settings? I am not sure if once you deactivate your account, you still remain on your friend’s list. Usually you can only block someone who’s on your friend’s list.
Description : Are you getting the privacy you require?
Last Answer : In our house privacy is defined by quiet, we usually don’t expect any because the wife and I spent lots of time alone before we met so right now any space between us is too far…
Description : An iPhone app called "Footprints" allows parents to keep track of the places their children have been. Do you think that's going too far?
Last Answer : No, the parents should know where there kids are, and kids should not go anywhere they don’t want there parents to know about.
Description : Do you keep Fluther a secret from your s/o? I sure do.
Last Answer : answer:No. My husband has an account here. He knows I Fluther and leaves me to it. ;) He prefers Twitter. I don’t Twitter at all.
Description : How are the rich & famous able to communicate and keep their privacy ?
Last Answer : well being famous myself, I can’t share that information sorry! just joking. Good question no idea :)
Description : How much of your private life do you reveal to your coworkers and what do you keep secret?
Last Answer : I only tell my co-workers what they need to know as concerns me professionally. Work is a funny place, as you will end up becoming closer to some people rather than others. The best rule of ... be too closed mouthed than open minded. The number one product produced by any job in America is gossip.
Description : I am sick (sick, I tell ya) and tired (so, sooo tired) of theists and atheists getting all the attention 'round this here lagoon. So, I'm an AGNOSTIC - Ask Me Anything?
Last Answer : What, and keep getting “I don’t know” for an answer?
Description : Have you ever had something you just didn't want to talk about, or share with others, and how would you feel if someone kept pushing you to talk about it?
Last Answer : I am both ways on it. On the one hand, I believe every human has a right to hold certain things to themselves. On the other hand, my daughter gets herself all tied in knots over stuff, and when I try ... to keep to yourself, but those who love you can't help but want to know what is hurtful to you.
Description : Just what can be done with someone's Social Security Number?
Last Answer : I have often wondered the same thing. I guess it’s about indentity theft, but what about the picture id they would need-
Description : I'm not anti-social, but I'd prefer not to have close neighbors. Have privacy of somesort. Are you like that, too?
Last Answer : answer:Holy fuck YES! haha I am going crazy in my living arrangement right now. Nosey neighbors, the person I live with hearing every little thing I do, being nosey too, my cats confined to a ... how much I loathe living in city limits again! Thank You for the opportunity to rant this morning. haha
Description : FB query: I have timeline review on but things are still being shared on my timeline?
Last Answer : answer:I wish I knew because sometimes people post things on my timeline and I see other friends have liked them, which shows me that people can see them before I approve them. Other things ... can be so confusing sometimes with privacy settings and things like that, I wish they made it simpler.
Description : Let's say that someone tries to "friend" you on Facebook, but you don't really want that person to know all of your business - all of the stuff that you post on FB, that is. What would you do?
Last Answer : I don’t friend them.
Description : You're on Facebook, but, for whatever reason (perhaps, because of your job), you don't want to post your real name. What name would you use?
Last Answer : Weiner
Description : It's generally legal for your company to "spy" on your computer use but is it legal for them to use keystroke logging to find out your passwords on non company sites?
Last Answer : Are you using company computers? If so, generally, they can do/install whatever they want.
Description : Do you have a spot you go to when you need to be alone but want to get out of the house?
Last Answer : I’m still in the struggle of finding one. :(
Description : Is there a way to hide a profile or profile info?
Last Answer : answer:You can come and go as you please. You can go onto your account and, one by one, hide every question and every answer. Why does it matter? Are people who aren't super active on ... have our fans, our detractors and our neutral observers. If you are scrupulous about your privacy, simply lurk.
Description : What is the easiest way to edit your Facebook?
Last Answer : I apologize. I made an error in the question title. ^edit your Facebook. I don’t see a way to edit it.
Description : What is the best way to not be seen on Facebook? (please see details)
Last Answer : She needs to block him. I think, to be safe, she should block him and be sure to set all of her privacy settings so that he can’t see them.
Description : Is there a way to add PGP to one's pc software?
Last Answer : Yes. Go to www.PGP.com and click on the store and buy it. or download the demo which has limited (but enough) functionality
Description : Does the Facebook Ticker show EVERYTHING I "like?"?
Last Answer : As far as I know, everything goes on the ticker. There doesn’t seem to be any way to limit what gets posted there. At least it’s a fleeting thing. Only your most dedicated stalkers will see all your likes. ;)
Description : At my apartment I have a small balcony. At the one end of it, I would like something there to give me a bit of privacy. Any suggestions?
Last Answer : Tall, artificial plants on BOTH ends, so that no one gets offended.
Description : Can texts be tracked after the fact by the phone companies, like calls can? If so, is it only who who texted and not the content, or is that info saved somewhere?
Last Answer : What's possible and what's actually done are different things. It's possible that they have every bit of discernible information available for every call, SMS, MMS, ping, web site, whatever that you've made ... under the assumption of what's possible. But not to work up too much of a sweat about it.
Description : Are websites like Facebook and Myspace an approval from my generation that privacy is not important?
Last Answer : I don’t think they are a psyop or anything, but I agree that it seems people don’t really care about their privacy. To me it’s not so much the government. it’s the advertisers that bother me. Personalized advertising really gets to me.
Description : I am tired of smart phones. Can I sync my gmail contacts with a regular verizon flip phone?
Last Answer : Go to Verizon Wireless web site. Go to “your Account” set-up “back-up”. There will be a copy of your contacts on the web.
Description : Are we being over-apped? Does anyone actually download all these apps?
Last Answer : We don’t. They do. For tracking purposes, and so where they know to spend their advertising bucks.
Description : Can you help me with a Facebook issue?
Last Answer : My answer may not be helpful and I HOPE I am wrong, but I don’t think there IS a way to do this. I have tried. I don’t want anyone sharing SHIT about me on Facebook. (“Shit” in this case meaning, I don’t want anyone sharing ANYTHING about me or anything that I post on Facebook).
Description : Should your cable company know when you urinate?
Last Answer : Can they know if it is you who is pissing in their cable box?
Description : Is anyone else having problems mourning Auggie?
Last Answer : I'm probably going to regret this in the morning for getting so personal here but I'll go ahead and share this. It's something I shared tonight with friends and family. I'm hurting terribly: It took me ... a chance to have it back. I've been grieving for two years and now it's going to continue.
Description : Is or should upskirting be a felony?
Last Answer : I think it’s only a misdemeanor in LA city or county, which majorly annoys me.
Description : Is privacy a thing of the past?
Last Answer : It’s certainly a thing of the past if you live online.
Description : To cite a philosophy quote by "Geostorm": "If we're always being watched, then what's the point of hiding anything?"?
Last Answer : The author David Brin wrote pretty much the same thing in his book The Transparent Society link. Your quote from Geostorm (whatever that is) is nothing new. The fundamental issue boils down to since ... doesn't matter - and that can be seen as liberating. @luigirovatti - what was your question?
Description : Do you support the reauthorization of FISA Section 702 mass surveillance program?
Last Answer : I do not, not in its present form. I believe it is too broad in its scope and to open to abuse. I am not saying we do not need to monitor and maintain our security, just that this is not the ... on how they voted. I known they voted goose-step in line with the way their party heads told them too.
Description : What's your opinion on this kind of bathroom? Do you think it might attract exhibitionists?
Last Answer : I’d wait until he’d left or go find another toilet. There have been times that I’ve inadvertently walked into the men’s restroom. “Oops! My bad!” As long as there’s a lock on the door, it’s not a biggie.
Description : Why are you willing to let a federal politician or bureaucrat have access to your health record?
Last Answer : No bureaucrat or politician can look up “what was said between you and your doctor”. Pretty sad that you believe that. The real problem is that politicians and the media get away with telling you that, and you vote against your interests based on the fiction.
Description : Why are people uncomfortable with being monitored? Why exactly is privacy so damn important?
Last Answer : Privacy is a possession, just like cash, or diamonds. Invaded is stolen.
Description : What did you hear/read about facial recognition technology in public toilets?
Last Answer : (Holding back the giggles, not very well.) This is the first I have heard of it. Geez, tp theft must be terrible there, to go to such measures. I am sure this would not happen in the U.S. People would protest the facial profiling to the death.
Description : Could the government make knowing your DNA,and it's history mandatory? Do you care?
Last Answer : Yes, this would fly in the face of constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure and of privacy. As would mandatory paternity tests.
Description : What permissions have I given when using certain applications?
Last Answer : Pics that can be seen by whom depends on your privacy settings on facebook. You can choose only you / friends / friend of friends or public. Not remembering what’s the default one.. should be friends only i guess.
Description : What is your opinion of "real name" policies on the web?
Last Answer : answer:On quora, as long as it looks like a real name they'll let it pass. My quora account has my real first name and the surname my father had at birth (he was later adopted). Generally speaking, ... the internet is a free country, and we're all free to not use sites whose terms we disagree with.
Description : Did something change with Facebook in the privacy settings?
Last Answer : What if your Facebook friends set their stuff in public mode? Or the people you don't want to see are set to see your friends' stuff by your friends? As for the like thing, whenever your friends like ... to do with your privacy setting. The person with the stuff liked doesn't even have to know you.
Description : What constitutes "privacy" in a relationship?
Last Answer : We never looked at each other’s stuff. It wasn’t really an issue.
Description : Is your privacy really that private?
Last Answer : answer:I no longer spend time worrying about things I can't do anything about. I try to leave the smallest footprint wherever I go, but it is increasingly futile for the reasons you listed ... in the developing world. It's expensive and only the wealthiest countries can carry this off effectively.
Description : How do you block or prevent "pins picked for you" on Pinterest?
Last Answer : answer:It looks like the only thing you can do is contact them. On the portion of their FAQ where it's talking about Promoted Pins , they say if there are any you don' like and you want ones better ... kind of Pins that contain meat. and they should fix the issue for you. Or try to, at least.
Description : Could people help others at the wailing wall if people actually read the notes?
Last Answer : That might be well intentioned but the notes are left there for a reason and that reason isn’t to be read by others. They are prayers intended for God and God alone, placed at the most holy spot on Earth accessible to Jews.
Description : How much do you agree or disagree with this premise: "Americans do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy when on public property."?
Last Answer : Good reason to live in Canada, EH. I’ve worked high security conditions in Engineering and Manufacturing. We always assumed that all phone calls were tapped and e-mails were being intercepted. My vehicle was logged in and out of areas, that was many years ago.
Description : Why haven’t those who may be terrorist, insurgents, etc. not discovered how to use onion routers or similar technology to communicate in the blind?
Last Answer : How do you know they haven’t?