As someone who lives in the Bi-World of computers, Windows and Mac OS. Maybe I should say Tri-World but that doesn’t sound as dirty because I would have to throw in Android and a little iPhone (iOS) as my wife has drank the Kool-Aid.
I love my wife but she is such a Luddite. If I ever wanted to get rid of her, all I’d have to do is delete “Home” from her GPS. Then the next time she left, she’d never find her way back. LOL
Anyway as a longtime Windows user, I’m getting more and more concerned about the security changes in Windows 10. I live in three worlds – Straight, Swinger, and Erotic Author. None of these three worlds know about each other and keeping them separate is getting harder and harder every day.
It’s bad enough that Google knows everything about you and in their simple minded fashion, link up every scrap of information. I’m sure that you’ve noticed after you search for something, then ads for the search object immediately start showing up every time you go on the Internet.
Now Windows 10 comes along with its 35 page Terms of Service (ToS) to tell you that they are going to read every email you send, every site you visit, every picture on your computer, and every document on your computer; in general if it’s electronic Microsoft is going to know it and sell your information to anyone with a buck.
I don’t think Micro$oft is deliberately mean but in their zeal to help you, is creating a real privacy issue. All of the tech publications are screaming about the potential loss of privacy, with all of the data options turned on by default. If you install Windows 10, you have to manually turn off all the data mining options and you still can’t turn everything off.
Windows 10 creates a unique user ID that every thing is tied to so no matter if its a picture of Aunt Mary or you getting butt fucked by your wife or her friends, they will be able to link them all together.
While I was interested in upgrading to W10, now I’ve decided to let the dust settle and see how this all works out because frankly I’m a little worried. Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean that they are not out to get you. Beware the Man (i.e. 1984).
A couple of hints for the paranoid:
- Always uncheck the keep me signed in box for FaceBook, Twitter, or any other social media sites. Especially if you maintain a “straight” presence on the web in addition to your smut sites. Many programs will automatically paste stuff to your FaceBook page with a slip of the mouse button. You may find that your wife’s latest gangbang gets published to your family website.
- I use two browsers, IE and Chrome. One browser is for straight stuff and one for my more sick activities. This way you stand less of a chance of cross-polinating information by mistake.
- Create separate email addresses for your smut stuff. Keep everything separate.
- Check out a previous posting along these same lines.
Sorry for the non-sexually explicit posting and I’m working on a long post about the Pool Party we went to last weekend that I’ll have up shortly. Sorry that I’m unable to share the pictures but I’ll think about you when I’m abusing myself looking at them. 🙂
There’s also a feature that turns your computer into a Wi-Fi hotspot that’s accessible by anyone within the range if your home network: Turn it off!
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How do you do *that*?
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Click on the Window, select Settings, then Network & Internet; under Wi-Fi, scroll down to Manage Wi-Fi settings and click on it then you’ll see Wi-Fi Sense: set both things you see there to off, the close the Settings window.
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Ok, I tried to convert what you said to my MacBook… but I’m just not digitally literate enough to figure it out. Any suggestions?
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Ask Larry – I don’t do Mac…
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kdaddy… Thanks 😉
Larry?? 0-:-)
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Mac’s are nice but completely different from Windows. The Mac is basically a Unix or Linux operating system and doesn’t have near the security issues of Windows. Windows 10 basically shares everything you do with Microsoft and/or whoever they share with. Earlier versions of Windows are not near that bad.
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If I say you lost me, do you believe me? Ok, I heard the words before, but to me Unix and Linux are almost bad words 😉
All I know is that my computer keeps asking me if my various aliases (I have had a few gmail accounts before becoming Dawn) know one another. Excuse me? No, thank you!
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Thanks kdaddy, I completely forgot about that one and that is another big hole.
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I have had little problem between FB and WP because I am different persons to them. But I still try to pay attention. The good thing is I don’t post pictures on WP and my FB settings are pretty strict too. And FB is solely for the purpose of family life. I don’t do tweeter or FB for my WP persona.
I think that’s the only way for me to keep sane. Now, I just need to remember to switch my laptop to a different user when the kids are around, as my own is password protected, but it doesn’t help protect them (or me) if they see my reader, does it?
Sigh!
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Away from my desktop computers, I use a MacBook Air and always have to remember to log out and log in as Guest to keep the dirty pictures and other stuff hidden. The Mac is nice because it pretty much isolates you if you log in as Guest.
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Well, I have a Mac laptop, so if I switch users, my kids can’t get to my blog or pictures. My youngest is still naive enough to switch from my account to the kids account even if I am not around. It’s the older ones I’m more worried about 🙂
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My biggest problem is when one of our straight friends wants to borrow a computer to look something up at the house. I really need to work on hiding the pictures on my Air as it does a good job of sniffing out pictures even when you bury them in a folder. I could explain away the ones that are just porn but the ones where people are identifiable are harder to explain. I have a studio in the basement and my wife’s sister mentioned one day that she recognized a woman we know on the wall. They weren’t anything bad just nudes but how do you explain that you have nudes of some guy’s wife. LOL
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Well, I have a similar problem with my phone… I need to make sure that all naughty pics have been erased before I can let my kids borrow it for selfies… Sometimes I sweat a little at the thought 😉
As for the Air thing… I suppose it’s like the Cloud? I try not to use this, but I’m not sure… maybe it’s working of its own accord? Sigh! I hope not!
HAving kids that are more computer literate than you sucks when you lead the life I do 😉
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On my Note 4 (Android) I use PhotoVault which makes the pictures disappear from the Gallery and other picture programs. I also use VideoVault to protect my home movies. If you know how you can get around the protection but for casual use they password protect your dirty pictures.
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Ok, I need you to talk me through this… pretty please? Do you do hangouts?
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No but you can email me directly Larry@LarryArcher.com
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Will do, tomorrow probably 🙂
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The “Air” thing is a type of Mac laptop computer. It weighs about 2 and 1/2 pounds and has a battery that lasts all day. Typing on it is almost an orgasmic experience, it is so good.
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Ok… It’s probably an orgasm I can’t afford 😉
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Mac and cheap are never two words used in the same sentence!
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Lol!
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Is that a pic of your wife, Larry? She’s hot 🙂
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Well, he DOES keep telling us so 😉
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If you’re talking about the pool picture just posted, no that’s a friend of mine who loves to show off. There are pictures of my wife at http://larryarcher.blogspot.com/p/dirty-pictures.html if you’re interested.
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Ah that means I have to guess which are her. No time for that 🙂
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Oh, forgot that the graphic at the top of my WordPress page is her.
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I’ll give you a hint, she’s the one without a mouth full of cream.
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If Microsoft is also starting to do the data mining crap then maybe it’s time for me to switch to Linux. All the data mining is getting out of hand, and I hate Google for it. But there are ways to protect your privacy. For browsing the internet, at least get Self Destructing Cookies, or a similar addon so that you can keep the few cookies you want and the hundreds or thousands of others automatically delete themselves a couple minutes after you leave the website. I use it on Firefox, it’s great.
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