Comments on: Are we all “Big Brother”? http://www.arpia.be/2009/07/are-we-all-big-brother/ Website of Peter Craddock, novel writer and composer Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:13:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: JacaByte http://www.arpia.be/2009/07/are-we-all-big-brother/#comment-841 JacaByte Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:20:17 +0000 http://www.arpia.be/?p=190#comment-841 There are only cameras on every street corner in Europe, which are called "surveillance cameras." In America there are only cameras at every intersection, craftily called "traffic cameras" by our overlords. Conclusion; European leaders trust Europeans less than American leaders trust Americans. Either that or they're cleverer than European leaders, which is something I can at least be proud of. :P My advice is to never talk about yourself on the internet if you never want anybody to find out more about you than you're willing to reveal in person. One of the worst things you can do is ask for dating advice and/or help with salvaging a relationship (guilty) on the internet. The second worst thing you can do is reveal that your gender is female, but that's pretty much self-explanatory. If you are absolutely paranoid that somebody will link yourself to your online "identity" and never want it to happen in any way, shape or form then you're going to have to accept that 1) you'll never have online friends 2) you can never hook up with real life friends on the internet using an alias and 3) you can never discuss yourself on the internet period, even if it's in PMs or the email forms used on the forum, as super moderators and admins can review those for objectionable content. Not even I can keep all those guidelines; to date, 5 people I know solely from the internet and no where else know my full name; Eirikr, the Twilight Phoenix, Crusader Alpha, EVWeb and Pace. The latter most is paranoid, however, because I've recorded messages sent from him from 3 different email addresses, all of them originating from apria.be. ;) Good luck with avoiding big brother; you're going to need it... There are only cameras on every street corner in Europe, which are called “surveillance cameras.” In America there are only cameras at every intersection, craftily called “traffic cameras” by our overlords. Conclusion; European leaders trust Europeans less than American leaders trust Americans. Either that or they’re cleverer than European leaders, which is something I can at least be proud of. :P

My advice is to never talk about yourself on the internet if you never want anybody to find out more about you than you’re willing to reveal in person. One of the worst things you can do is ask for dating advice and/or help with salvaging a relationship (guilty) on the internet. The second worst thing you can do is reveal that your gender is female, but that’s pretty much self-explanatory.

If you are absolutely paranoid that somebody will link yourself to your online “identity” and never want it to happen in any way, shape or form then you’re going to have to accept that 1) you’ll never have online friends 2) you can never hook up with real life friends on the internet using an alias and 3) you can never discuss yourself on the internet period, even if it’s in PMs or the email forms used on the forum, as super moderators and admins can review those for objectionable content.

Not even I can keep all those guidelines; to date, 5 people I know solely from the internet and no where else know my full name; Eirikr, the Twilight Phoenix, Crusader Alpha, EVWeb and Pace. The latter most is paranoid, however, because I’ve recorded messages sent from him from 3 different email addresses, all of them originating from apria.be. ;)

Good luck with avoiding big brother; you’re going to need it…

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