User blog comment:Sannse/On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog/@comment-3048562-20130123054211

Hello and Greetings Everyone! Sannse' 2013.01.22nd editorial is VERY apropos! One should always be very careful about what you put up there on the internet. In Thermie's case, he has had stuff sitting around up there for ages and it won't go away. The internet and computers never forget! Its always on file somewhere and can come back to haunt you. Especially if the information is wrong. To cite a 'real' case, Thermie was in conversation some time ago with a young girl named Cameron via the internet. The poor girl had issues and gave away way too much info.(and pictures!) over the internet - that assuming what she was saying was true, but one never knows. Also, it not just conversations that we had where we must be on guard. There is the whole issue of "BIG BROTHER" watching over your shoulder. Big Brother comes in many disguises, from the corporate interests like Google and Microsoft to the government with all its national security agencies and services. The level of computer and internet surveillance is such now that if they want to, they can easily do it. - and that's irregardless of YOUR civil rights protection! In Thermie's case, his print/scanner/copy is in contact with the OEM (somewhere over in China?) via his computer and internet which the manufacturer claims is for reasons of equipment software maintenance and equipmnet checks. SURE!. Oddly though, even the government itself is not immune from surveillance. Doesn't believe Thermie? Remember WikiLeaks? They attributed the information to anonymous sources. SURE! Thermie doesn't want to sound paranoid or leave the reader with that feeling, so to point out how Thermie views and handles this problem, his opinion is that if they REALLY wanted to get him, they would have come for him by now! He can only surmise the reason they haven't is because they are incompetent! Thank God for that! So scribbles Thermiteman.