Does anyone else overdo privacy and security?

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The discussion centers on the balance between privacy and perceived paranoia regarding security measures. One participant expresses a desire for extensive security features, including hidden doors and tunnels, to eliminate even a minimal risk of intrusion, believing it allows for greater focus on other goals. Others argue that such excessive measures may indicate paranoia, questioning whether the time and effort spent on security truly frees up time for other pursuits. The conversation highlights differing views on the necessity of privacy, with some advocating for reasonable security while others see it as excessive. Ultimately, the debate reflects a tension between personal safety and the potential for overzealous security measures.
  • #31
privacy and security

It comes down to why do you need it. Are you a target for kidnapping and blackmail??
are you in a position to be stalked: Famous or in the news or in a controversial job and so on?
Do things in the past that people or groups just might hunt you down?? And so on.

You say you want to eliminate the slim chance. Is the chance realistic to the probability?

Folks saying Paranoia, well to do so just because there is a SMALL chance, would make some believe such. It does come down to what is real in a threat to you.

Of course a security company would easily make money off of you: just because you asked; and your stated reason for the Why of it.

If you have the money and time such that, it will not interfere with your life or the others around you, go for it.
 
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  • #32
dangerbird said:
its smart to plan ahead and prepare for possable scenarios i think. no matter what they are or how unlikely they are to happen i think
dangerbird,

I am one of those type of people who tends to worry to much, so I can identify where you are coming from. It was not until I determined that I have a mild case of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), that too much unhealthy time was spent on worrying about things that really were not that big in the grand scheme of things, I am much better today for coming to terms with it. I have developed coping mechanisms that allow me true peace and dare I say joy in my life. This may or may not apply to you, just a thought, something to consider. I wish you well.

Rhody... :smile:
 
  • #33
Well, you've got all the qualifications for a great system administrator.
 
  • #34
lostcauses10x said:
privacy and security

It comes down to why do you need it. Are you a target for kidnapping and blackmail??
are you in a position to be stalked: Famous or in the news or in a controversial job and so on?
Do things in the past that people or groups just might hunt you down?? And so on.

You say you want to eliminate the slim chance. Is the chance realistic to the probability?

Folks saying Paranoia, well to do so just because there is a SMALL chance, would make some believe such. It does come down to what is real in a threat to you.

Of course a security company would easily make money off of you: just because you asked; and your stated reason for the Why of it.

If you have the money and time such that, it will not interfere with your life or the others around you, go for it.
Naw its just to eliminate any crazy rare stuff like in a million chance stuff from happening its not that there's iminent danger and i realize that that's why its not paranoia see
 
  • #35
rhody said:
dangerbird,

I am one of those type of people who tends to worry to much, so I can identify where you are coming from. It was not until I determined that I have a mild case of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), that too much unhealthy time was spent on worrying about things that really were not that big in the grand scheme of things, I am much better today for coming to terms with it. I have developed coping mechanisms that allow me true peace and dare I say joy in my life. This may or may not apply to you, just a thought, something to consider. I wish you well.

Rhody... :smile:

See i don't worry because my securities above top notch. I think you could benefit by setting up advanced custom security measures and this could work for people who worry a lot also as well as people like me who just prefer to eliminate extremely rare events from being possable to happen.
 
  • #36
Ryan_m_b said:
Dangerbird please use proper capitalisation and punctuation when writing a post e.g.

I'm sorry I'm just terrible at english i failed that course. I'll do the best i can though.
 
  • #37
dangerbird said:
Naw its just to eliminate any crazy rare stuff like in a million chance stuff from happening its not that there's iminent danger and i realize that that's why its not paranoia see

I could easly argue this the other way at Paranoia or compulsion..

If no iminent danger, and crazy rare stuff : why bother unless some thing is nagging or driving you ??

Most people would go on about there business without worrying about such. Yet to act upon such: some thing is worrying you, is it not?
 
  • #38
Go see a psychologist...
 
  • #39
Fox News Syndrome :smile: I wouldn't call dangerbird paranoid.

"Naw its just to eliminate any crazy rare stuff like in a million chance stuff from happening its not that there's iminent danger and i realize that that's why its not paranoia see"

He needs help interpreting statistics / odds ect.

It would be near impossible to "interact" with society & reduce the odds of whatever bad happening to you in the context of privacy & security to zero. Aside from trying to protect yourself there's another interpretation to "one in a million" type odds; no matter your efforts "it" could happen.
 
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  • #40
lostcauses10x said:
I could easly argue this the other way at Paranoia or compulsion..

If no iminent danger, and crazy rare stuff : why bother unless some thing is nagging or driving you ??

Most people would go on about there business without worrying about such. Yet to act upon such: some thing is worrying you, is it not?
nah I am just weird lol
 
  • #41
I'm typing this message from a non-networked OpenBSD computer inside of a Faraday cage on the bottom of the Mariana Trench. A specially trained team of elite dolphins uses the IP Over Dolphin (IPOD) protocol to take it to a trusted team on land, who then post it to this message board through seven proxies after bouncing it off a ping wall to avoid being traced by people using a GUI in Visual Basic. After that, I shut down the computer and move into my panic room until the dolphins return with any replies doubly encrypted.
 
  • #42
jhae2.718 said:
I'm typing this message from a non-networked OpenBSD computer inside of a Faraday cage on the bottom of the Mariana Trench. A specially trained team of elite dolphins uses the IP Over Dolphin (IPOD) protocol to take it to a trusted team on land, who then post it to this message board through seven proxies after bouncing it off a ping wall to avoid being traced by people using a GUI in Visual Basic. After that, I shut down the computer and move into my panic room until the dolphins return with any replies doubly encrypted.

But how do you know you can trust the dolphins not to reveal your location? They could be double agents. Anything that cute can't be trusted!
 
  • #43
That would be what the team of sharks is for. Also, the messages are encryped using quantum waveform permutation encryption algorithms, which are unbreakable as long as P \neq NP, so I choose P\ne 0 and N \ne 1 to be safe.

The secret location is actually a submarine lair that can move around the bottom of the ocean at .99c.
 
  • #44
jhae2.718 said:
That would be what the team of sharks is for. Also, the messages are encryped using quantum waveform permutation encryption algorithms, which are unbreakable as long as P \neq NP, so I choose P\ne 0 and N \ne 1 to be safe.

The secret location is actually a submarine lair that can move around the bottom of the ocean at .99c.
Does your security system incorperate extraterrestrial sharks and dolphins so that their minds can't be read by people as easy? And do these look alike dolphins and sharks have rockets or other mechanical devices secretly surgically implanted into their bodies to speed up communication?
 
  • #45
Jhea it looks like youre gona have to pm me so that the workings of your security system remain secretive. if you want to just pm me ur email then ill respond to it off the site or pm me other secret info needed for innitiating communications
 
  • #46
I leave my car unlocked in public parking lots - and pity the fool that steals it, old crapper of a thing it is! My house, while locked, is ridiculously easy to penetrate. I have no contents insurance. I have little of value anyway, I figure if someone wants to steal my 10 crates of techno records, my 5 year old computer, and my book case, good luck to them. The records are the only thing I have sentiment attached to, and they cannot be replaced, but I feel that any efforts I put into protecting them will be too expensive for the likelihood of a theft.

Things are transient. You gain them, you lose them, you find new things that interest you. I try not to become overly attached to things.
 

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