The Hindenberg-Hitler Contingency

Posted by TempusFugit
Mar 20, 2016 at 02:23 AM

Maintaining a facade is an interesting notion. But my objective is to freely avail myself of the Web. Traditional browsing leaves tasty breadcrumbs for certain ... birds (of prey).

Valuable information must always be encrypted.

But, if one’s query-stream suggests thinking that runs afoul of the “Thought Police” at any given 3-letter agency ... it seems that research activities necessitate…. T ... O ... R.

-TF

Lucas wrote:
Taking that perspective to its logical inclusion (and taking into
>account all the further technological innovations that may be around the
>corner), you would probably be better off maintaining a “normal” online
>presence to keep up appearances, lest you be singled out for
>suspiciously luddite behaviour. But of course you wouldn’t put any
>valuable information online (although you could include some
>enlightening material for the edification of soulless snoopers).
>Valuable information would be restricted to carefully guarded thoughts
>and handwritten notebooks using a personal cipher. (Although perhaps,
>eventually, it will be necessary to think in cipher…)
> >(Not being flippant—- just wryly considering the possibilities. I
>agree that there is cause for concern.)