[ExI] Weird!? - He's not on Facebook

[William Flynn Wallace]

Firstly, they are attempting to control people and make them dutiful
consumers. Then they cross-link them to other contacts and
associations. (Guilt by association).
  bill k

When I buy some seeds from burpee they sell my name and address to other
seed companies which then send me catalogs, which are desired.  Other
companies, such as charities, do the same.  Although getting unwanted calls
from charities can be a problem, I am fine with all of this.  I can hang
up, toss the catalog, block the emails, etc.  So far I have been helped,
not harmed by these practices.

bill w

On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 1:17 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 1 February 2017 at 17:51, William Flynn Wallace  wrote:
> >
> > I just don't care what they know about me, my friends, where I shop and
> what
> > I buy - so far that has been beneficial to me, in that suggestions for
> what
> > to buy next has been great.  I can't see that anyone who is not a tax
> evader
> > or other criminal of some sort has anything to fear.
> >
> <snip>
> > There is frankly a lot of paranoia about this and I don't see where any
> of
> > it is justified.  What can be done could be enormously evil.  It's a
> tool at
> > the other end of the scale from the hammer. And it is now a fact of life
> and
> > will not go away - period.
> >
>
> I think you might be making the mistake that just because (at the
> moment) surveillance doesn't appear to affect you personally then it
> doesn't
> affect anyone. Companies and governments are not spending billions on
> tracking everything they can because it doesn't have any affect.
> Firstly, they are attempting to control people and make them dutiful
> consumers. Then they cross-link them to other contacts and
> associations. (Guilt by association).
>
>
> BillK
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