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In reply to the discussion: Eighteen years ago, when my oldest child first started going on the internet, I remember telling her [View all]Control-Z
(15,682 posts)It was about 7 years ago for me. 10 - 11 years ago, my 3 kids, in unison and horror, screamed NO when I turned their computer off with the power switch. (Obviously, I didn't know the first thing about computers. They'd had computers in their classrooms starting in the 1st grade.)
Once my oldest (with little patience for the ignorant - that would be me) taught me how to connect to the internet, it took about a minute to realize everything you've written about.
I have 2 Facebook accounts that I only use for family pictures - and checking up on my kids. And I have 2 twitter accounts I have never used. It is because of privacy issues that I don't.
I find it difficult to believe that anyone on DU would be shocked by these "new" privacy issues. Honestly, private corporations collect and sell our personal data for profit, and somehow that is ok?! I just don't get it.