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Originally Posted by dogsbody70
I have to agree with SP here and Robin. Our government must know more about us than any CENSUS would ever convey.
Is that why Our govt is so keen to get everyone on LIne?
Be careful and do not identify yourselves either.
Ps someone here even told us their surname-- so easy to trace from that.
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Well, I can't see the government Facebook'ing the people, but I agree they know far too much about the private lives of citizens through other methods . . . but the whole "1984" thing of CCTV, credit records, internet information etc. is probably a whole other thread, lol.
I think Facebook and social networking sites are mainly just used by businesses and the like to get information about consumers, but personally I find that more alarming than having the government knowing one's information. You're right though that even the smallest piece of information, such as a surname, can be pricless to certain corrupt individuals . . . the sad thing is that in this day and age people don't think twice. The click of a button and we can talk to someone across the world, for those who grew up in a world where they can't even
remember a time without computers I think they simply assume that the web is safer than it is, and forget that information placed online often stays there for all eternity in one form or other.