I am not paranoid, not one bit

[still.trucking]

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I know I know, there is no free lunch, brunch or bunch. I guess photobucket.com got to pay their bills too.
I just don't like it. But maybe I should feel flattered

This guy don't like it either
http://www.bloggernews.net/122771

[Doreen Peri]

Two days ago, I was searching for CAD software prices for a friend.

Yesterday, I got emails advertising CAD software.

Too creepy.

I never typed in my email address anywhere! How did they get my email address?

[WIREMAN]

doggie dog world........ya gots to watch out for them cad's along the way...

[hester_prynne]

You sure do!!!!!!
They say one thing, do another! Or name one price, charge another!
H

[Arcadia]

not one bit?? I guess the worst things they can happen to you are:

- they try to sell you something
- spam (more or less the same as the line above)
- they study you for purposes you don´t know exactly
- you become part of some list

you are just giving food to the lions, nothing to worry about, except if they ask you for money or knock at your door...

[stilltrucking]

Arcadia asked

not one bit??

Ok, just a little bit.
I don't mind them asking for money
Just so they don't take it without asking
I got my checking account and other stuff on this computer.
Makes me nervous when they are ransacking my computer for personal while their web page loads so slowly.

I hit it and quit these days, I shut down any web page that starts to load slow while my hard drive light is spinning.


Creepy is right.

There is no anonymity on the net. Not really, we leave footprints