Microsoft is a pain in the ass

[NaughtyButNice]

The only thing Microsoft related that I've had a problem with Microsoft Silverlight and it's pissing me off. I had an Amazon Prime account, which I was really enjoying, but after a while couldn't watch videos and tried all kinds of things to fix the problem. People say you can switch to Flash Player, but it looks to me like that's no longer an option so I've been trying other sites like Netflix and Hulu.

[account_inactive]

The operating system isn't the biggest spyware factory. The applications you're running are. The websites you're visiting, the social media platforms, you're posting on. Your iternet provider is - more or less, depending on which company.

That's true.

[account_inactive]

Can't say I'm comfortable with what Snowden reveiled. But I can't say I was surprised either.

I find it laughable that people are concerned over the NSA spying on them and then the same people go on facebook to share every moment of their lives. Facebook is nothing but a giant marketing profile generator. That's how they make tons of money. People stripping down to their bare skins and beyond. Valuable data to be sold to the industry to pester you with ads. And for employers or potential employers to sort you out, if you don't fit the image they want you to comply with.

If you want privacy, get rid of credit cards, don't go on the internet and don't use phones of any kind. Don't use electricity, since your consumption already is quite telling for marketing experts and authorities alike. Don't use cards of any kind, not even at the super market to get a better deal. Don't drive your car around the city, since CCTV might catch you. Better yet, don't frequent crowded streets at all.

The only thing I do, is not being on facebook. I'm generally not interested in what people are digesting or the photos of their brats, and so I don't feel the need to be pestered by ads in return. My nick, abaris, stems from 1994, when you really could cover your traces on the internet. Today I could just as well go by my real name, since I'm not living under the delusion that I'm an unknown quantity for someone really wanting to know.

I don't use Facebook. I do have a Twitter account but it's under a different name and everything and I don't update it much. There isn't really any traces of my real name online anyway.

I do agree with you though, it is laughable when people put their lives online and complain about NSA spying. So no disagreement there.