This is what really scares me.

[leftyladyfrommo]

We are becoming a police state.

We have no privacy any more. Everything is on computers. There are cameras everywhere.

Scary stuff.

I find myself staying home a lot more.

[Funtatlaguy]

1. More to come. These things bring about more cameras and guns.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

2. Everything being on computers isn't symptomatic of a police state

That's just technology and efficiency.

The rest of it I'm with you, though.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. What worries me is the RW stoking attacks for awhile then ultimately selling us our safety back.

[2naSalit]

4. And "smartphones" that listen in on your conversations...nt

[Delmette2.0]

5. You have that right!

A little over a year ago I had bronchitis that landed me in the hospital for 3 days. I had my phone with me when doctors quizzed me about asbestos exposure. When I told my son about it I had my phone with me. Even when I said that was ruled out, a week later I had two phone messages about signing on to asbestos lawsuits. Either they had access to my medical records (doubtful) or the asbestos word triggered a series of algorithms.

This was just my experience, but terribly freaky.

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. It is scary. I don't think medical records are even

private any more.

I don't put any financial information out there. I do use Facebook to keep in touch with my family and friends.

It seems like the whole world has access to my contacts.

If I look up info on products I always start getting multiple ads from all sorts of companies.

I am even careful what I say in the phone.

[Delmette2.0]

7. Cambridge Analytics has how many data points on us?

I want to say 5,000 but I think that is too low.

I pay cash for a lot of stuff just so I don't leave a financial trail and I use the incognito search for a lot of searches, especially medical.