punditman says...
Punditman noticed the following article this morning in the Globe and Mail: Ottawa takes on social media giant for violating Canada's law. Punditman is not a member of Facebook. Punditman spends an awful lot of time on the computer already for work and for Punditmanish reasons and doesn't need yet another reason to be virtual instead of real. Besides, it appears Facebook has come under a lot of criticism and litigation already. Sounds shady.
Punditman has heard reports from other trusted sources that Facebook can be a kind of creepy experience. Why does punditman need to connect with people he hasn't seen in thirty years? What if he didn't like some of his highschool classmates to begin with? Why does he need new "friends" whom he will never meet? What will these people do for Punditman? Punditman's life is hectic enough. If Punditman gets one more social engagement, online or off, Punditman may one day wig out and hermitize himself. Punditman says that punditman sometimes takes on too much.
Punditman realizes he has no privacy and lost it a long time ago, along with everyone else in the digital age. Some people don't realize it; others don't care. Punditman cares. Just last night at the pub, Punditman succumbed to overwhelming social pressure and was part of a group picture taken for a brewery's website. Luckily punditman was wearing sunglasses and so was peacenik. Who knows what nefarious forces might do with those images? Punditman wasn't particularly happy about it.
Why lose your privacy further by joining some frivolous social media site, says Punditman? There are other ways to get in touch with old buddies. I think. There are other ways to network with new people. I think. So the Canadian government is going after Facebook for privacy violations? Is this a step in the right direction? Or is this a joke, considering the far more insidious encroachments on liberty that have been accumulating in the post-9-11 world? Punditman thinks one commentator on the Globe and Mail article has a good point:
On the other hand, Facebook may be a great Canadian company. Punditman could be wrong.
Punditman noticed the following article this morning in the Globe and Mail: Ottawa takes on social media giant for violating Canada's law. Punditman is not a member of Facebook. Punditman spends an awful lot of time on the computer already for work and for Punditmanish reasons and doesn't need yet another reason to be virtual instead of real. Besides, it appears Facebook has come under a lot of criticism and litigation already. Sounds shady.
Punditman has heard reports from other trusted sources that Facebook can be a kind of creepy experience. Why does punditman need to connect with people he hasn't seen in thirty years? What if he didn't like some of his highschool classmates to begin with? Why does he need new "friends" whom he will never meet? What will these people do for Punditman? Punditman's life is hectic enough. If Punditman gets one more social engagement, online or off, Punditman may one day wig out and hermitize himself. Punditman says that punditman sometimes takes on too much.
Punditman realizes he has no privacy and lost it a long time ago, along with everyone else in the digital age. Some people don't realize it; others don't care. Punditman cares. Just last night at the pub, Punditman succumbed to overwhelming social pressure and was part of a group picture taken for a brewery's website. Luckily punditman was wearing sunglasses and so was peacenik. Who knows what nefarious forces might do with those images? Punditman wasn't particularly happy about it.
Why lose your privacy further by joining some frivolous social media site, says Punditman? There are other ways to get in touch with old buddies. I think. There are other ways to network with new people. I think. So the Canadian government is going after Facebook for privacy violations? Is this a step in the right direction? Or is this a joke, considering the far more insidious encroachments on liberty that have been accumulating in the post-9-11 world? Punditman thinks one commentator on the Globe and Mail article has a good point:
So we are worried about Facebook allowing the collection of personal information. What about the US Government? I would like to know how, with no authorization under law in Canada, mutual fund companies can collect personal information from clients that are US citizens and forward that information to the US government. And, if the client refuses to provide the information, the fund company can confiscate 30% of the client's money (not just earnings mind you, but capital too) and turn that over to the US government. Same thing when one company buys out another and some of the registered shareholders are US citizens.Punditman does not have time to fact-check the above claim, but assuming it is true, Punditman is not the least bit surprised. Encroaching fascism is coming at us in many forms.
On the other hand, Facebook may be a great Canadian company. Punditman could be wrong.
