Speaking of being coerced, makes me think of our annual "contract".
Normally it arrives the day prior to July First, or a day or two
following July First, back dated...which used to be illegal. The
"contract" was offered, take it or leave it. But that was only for
the past 24 years. This year, as of July 17, 2019, we have no
contract! Oh, we do have the Promise of one...soon...backdated to
July First. At the end of June, Cathy and I took a vote and decided,
two to nothing, to stop work until we actually receive our new
contract. For the first time since becoming blind and completing the
Adult Training and college, I am out of work...and enjoying it!
Carl Jarvis, who truly believes that only desperate people will
contract with the State of Washington.
On 7/17/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That reminds me of the book I recently finished, The Age of Surveillance
Capitalism. The author's point is that every time you do a search on Google,
or post on Facebook, or look on Amazon, you inadvertently provide
information to whichever big tech company is involved, which it then sells
to its customers, which are other companies. There is nothing that you do
which isn't monetized in some way. When you sign a user agreement for a
piece of software, you are being coerced, because there's no choice
involved.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 11:37 AM
To: blind-democracy <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [blind-democracy] Still think big brother isn't watching?
Yesterday morning Cathy went to a link that promised to provide information
showing how to secure low cost health coverage. She looked at the web page
and said that she was not about to provide them with the personal
information they requested. So she closed the site.
About an hour later the phone began to ring. It was in response to her
"request" for information. We disconnected and hardly went back about our
business when the phone rang again. We have caller ID, so most of our calls
are identified both on a screen and by voice. After counting 20 calls from
companies wanting to help us, we lost count.
This morning at 8:01 A.M. the phone began to ring. So far I've only had 3
calls in 20 minutes.
So, how is it that merely opening a web page connects someone to an army of
predators? And just how many eyes and ears are quietly taking in our every
word? Big Brother? No, it's far, far bigger than that.
I wonder, is Donald Trump really building a Wall to keep folks out?
Or will that wall really keep us in our Prison of the Formerly Free?
Carl Jarvis , learning once again that there are more eyes and ears than
those of the little forest friends, tracking our every move.
