Being under police shouldn’t really worry anyone who isn’t doing anything illegal who has half a brain cell, it’s literally anyone else who wants into your shit that you need to worry about.

Pardon me, but this sounds like ‘I’ve got nothing to hide’ or ‘Don’t be an enemy of the state.’ Daily I could inundate your email with example after example of people who have been surveilled, but not doing anything illegal. Protestors, average citizens speaking out. In America we have rights to protest against our government. They weren’t doing anything wrong either except exercising their rights as an American citizen.

You see, governments like their own self imposed status quo. Everything and everyone in a nice neat little box, each sorted, collated, and stapled into their respective groups. Here comes Paula protestor and she may have an LGBTQ+ agenda. Personally LGBTQ+ rights are covered under ‘We the people find these truths to be self evident.’ In other words, duh! No explanation needed. How is Paula protestor seen by the government? She is seen as an adversary because she represents instability to the government’s self imposed status quo. If you speak out against the government, you are also seen as an adversary. etc et al

You don’t have to be doing something illegal to be surveilled.

Nothing to hide

This word ‘hide’ is quite problematic, however, it is a testament to the power of propaganda. Using the word ‘hide’ gives the connotation of doing something nefarious. ‘What are you hiding? It must be bad else you wouldn’t be hiding it.’ Keys and locks prevent unauthorized access, full stop. They do not portend nor foreshadow guilt in any way. If they did, everyone with a key chain in their pocket would go directly to jail.

We generate data everyday in our digital lives. Whom does it belong to? Me!! This is my data. I generated it with my labor. I secure it. I archive it. I mother hen it. I reserve the right to share it or not. My labor may just be in the form of clickety click click, but it’s still my property. As much my property as any worldly possessions I may own. It is certainly not to property of corporate business who are involved with surveillance capitalism. When a corporation’s website checks cookies to see where I’ve been previously, and use that data to bolster the company’s profit margins, without giving me due compensation, that is THEFT. It is as much theft as if I walked into the self same company’s CFO’s office, picked up a paperweight off his desk, and walked out with it. It’s theft. One of the biggest thieves on the planet that readily comes to mind is Google. Ever wonder how Google got it’s fingers into everyone’s pie? They build their multi billion dollar company on the data of it’s users. They stole it.

It also doesn’t belong to the government either. One of the questions I get asked a lot is, ‘Are you hiding from the government’ which I think is hilarious. I send them tax forms every year. Every four years I vote, and in local elections. Long time ago, Social Security used to send me letters telling me how much they weren’t going to give me of my money. What a crock of shit that is. While I am not ‘hiding’ from the government, there is absolute no reason to overshare either.

The same mechanisms that provide security, protection, and privacy in the home, be they locks on the front door, surveillance cams, window blinds, alarm systems, are the same mechanisms that keep your data safe, secure, and private on your network. Just because I have black out curtains on my windows doesn’t mean I am hiding a damn thing. It means I wish to keep whatever it is that I am doing, private. Same with data my data.

Encrypting something does not mean being guilty of hiding something nefarious. It is a key and a lock that prevents unauthorized access.

Sorry for the rant. You make great points. It just makes me cringe when people say ‘hide’. It’s like little fingernails on the chalkboard of my mind.

Teaching a child isn’t about creating robots. I said it earlier in this thread, but you have 18 years of bootcamp to equip your child with all the tools necessary to make, wise, prudent decisions in life. You’re not going to be there, hopping out of bushes, wagging your finger at them forever. However, while they are in your charge, they are your resopnsibility to keep safe and secure. You are the network admin.

Yeah, I did a cursory search and found quite a few complaints about lost data, data not synching, etc.

When you teach your child to look both ways before they cross the street, is that helicopter parenting? Or how about when you teach them not to talk to strangers even if the stranger is wearing a uniform? Do you allow children into your liquor cabinet to pour themselves a tall shot of whiskey? Etc et al. I don’t consider it helicopter parenting to put age appropriate restrictions on what your child can engage with on your network. I call that sound, responsible, parenting.

Our government in the US is corrupt and compromised top to bottom and side to side, and has been for quite a long time now. No one gets a pass.

In the US, the same people who say they care about the porn industry preying upon women are the same ones rolling back child labor legislations to send 14 year olds to meat packing plants. The same ones who have kept the minimum wage where it is for decades. The same ones who want to ban abortion even in cases where the woman’s life is threatened. I

…and guess what. Those same people are the ones didling the children. I can fill your inbox weekly with examples of clergy, police, republicans, christo facist et al. Now, don’t even think for a second that I give the democrats a pass either. However, the list of democrats is much shorter, but fuck them both. Me thinks they doth protest too loudly.

I’m neiher republican nor democrat. Just a lowely American. I don’t need a political echo chamber to have a political compass.

Can’t tell if serious. I am older than the internet. I’m not sure what that has to do with the issues of governmental surveillance under the guise of ‘for the chirren.’

Probably because Apple told them to go fuck themselves.

Tho not so prevelant in this current timeline with internet access, there is a global phenomenon that most little boys can attest to. When we were growing up, there was forest porn. No one knew how it got there. No one claimed it. But in every town, county, village, city, et al, there were some woods with forest porn.

I do not condone children viewing porn because they are not mentally or emotionally ready for that. However, I do know it exists and gosh, it seems to me that some proper parenting skills would solve a lot of problems.

Satanic Panic

I’ve been biting my tongue hard these past few months in a concerted effort not to be offensive. I’m not trying to be intentionally offensive, however, I feel there is an element in this situation that is being disregarded in favor of someone else doing your work. When I say ‘You’, Your’, etc, I mean it in the royal sense. So, warm up the downvote finger and man the flame throwers.

If it’s genuinely for the children, then when are we going to require parents to be parents? Look, you brought this service into your home voluntarily. You might say ‘Well I need it for work’ or ‘I need it for school’. Tons of people use hundreds of thousands of hotspots daily to do their thing on the internet. This service you voluntarily brought into your house, has both the ability to be highly beneficial and highly detrimental all in the same breath. Technology always, always, always wields a double edged sword.

And what do the majority of parents do with such power? They give it to their vulnerable, under aged, highly curious, children, un-monitored, uncensored, and uninhibited. Are you insane? So when little Johnny is caught surfing porn hub, the parents freak and cry out to their government ‘We need to ban porn!’ No! What we need is for parents to be parents.

There are literally hundreds of services, and ways to lock down your internet. I hear parents say ‘I’m not technologically inclined.’ Get there. The safety and well being of your children hang in the balance. Take a class at your local Tech College. I’d be willing to bet that when little Johnny’s mom was pregnant, she most likely did some reading on the topic. Some even take a class on childbirth. The internet should be no different. Access one or two of the billions of tuts out on the internet.

Now, will locking down your internet like a multi-billion dollar enterprise with a Brinks Kit keep little Johnny from seeing some skin? No! Why? Because it’s natural for humans to want to see what other humans look like naked. Children are naturally inquisitive. The prime directive of all life is to replicate. So, have frank, open, direct, and yes, awkward conversations with your children. Let them know in no uncertain terms what is acceptable on your network. Tell them why these things are not appropriate for their age group. This relationship with your children starts at Day 1.

You have 18 years of boot camp to equip your children with all the tools necessary to make wise, prudent decisions in life. You probably taught them how to ride a bicycle, or drive a car, or any number of teaching opportunities parents have with their children. The internet should be no different. We live in a technological time line that is ever changing, so it behooves parents to know exactly what is going on with their technology and how their children are using it. Get with it.

Being a parent takes work. Being a network administrator also takes work. Anyone who is a seasoned veteran of this chan knows, to secure a network in order to be as private, secure, and anonymous as possible on the internet, takes work. I find, a large portion of parents are unwilling to do the work and would rather fob off their responsibilities as a parent, to the government having jurisdiction. I’m not painting all parents with this brush. Kudos to parents who are very involved in their children’s lives. There are enough of them tho, that are not, and this is a big issue. It gives governments the justification they desire to surveil their citizenry.

Let the roast begin.

IceDrive isn’t unknown, but it is not well known. I think they’ve been in business for about 6 years. Backups are great, but not worth much if you don’t audit them occasionally. 3000 files is a lot OP. Sorry you are in that position. I find it hard to believe tho, that they do not have a complete backup of your files. I mean, 3,2,1 is about a basic of a backup system to impliment. I’d press them harder.

Is this a free account or paid?

Man, I can remember boarding a cruise ship with nothing more than a copy of my birth certificate.

I’m not from the EU, but the thing is, once governments get a taste of the power over it’s citizens that these policies allow, they don’t relinquish it.

Pre 9/11, the US was already egregiously encroaching on the privacy of it’s citizens, see Snowden’s book, blog, et al. Post 9/11 America was reeling from the audacity of some faction with the nerve to attack us on our soil. I mean, we’re usually the ones to do that, funding both sides of an altercation to serve our on interests. $800 billion dollar pentagon budget just to bomb brown people. Call it what it is. Anyways, the people cried out to their government ‘Please save us from those evil terrorists.’ Our government said ‘Sure…it’s going to cost you tho.’ ‘What’s it going to cost us. Taxes are already sky high.’ ‘Well, it’s going to cost you your privacy.’ ‘SHit, I’m not doing anything wrong…what do I have to hide.’ <record scratch - narrator> ‘Everything you dumbass.’

This word ‘hide’ has been embedded into people’s minds and is a testament to the power of propaganda, of which, the American propaganda machine has no equals. When you talk about privacy, security, and anonymity, I can almost guarantee you, the person you are talking to replaces ‘private’ with ‘hide’ in their mind. This notion is what governments prey on.

If I’m buying something off the internet, after I’ve progressed to the point of checking out, I’ll give 10 minutes to trying to find a coupon code for my purchase. Probably 90% of the time, the codes are useless, expired, or just plain fake. I figure, I’m already on the internet, I’m not it that much of a hurry to click ‘purchase’, why not do a cursory search. Might get a couple dollars off for my search time invested.

This. I too, self deprecate at times, but I hate to see others do it. LOL The duality of man I guess. I hear tons of people say ‘I’m not technological inclined.’ and leave it at that throwing up their hands in surrender. The fact that OP is here tells me they are in the process of self edification, and that’s always good.

“Binding Arbitration. – you – waive your and NYM’s respective rights to have any and all Disputes arising from or related to these T&Cs resolved in a court.”

This seems rather standard leagalize. What are your concerns if you can share them.

No problem. I stress doing this in chunks. Don’t be like me. LOL I’m a ‘more is better’ and ‘one turn to many’ guy. So, I know the temptation is to sock it to your Windows install immediately and with vigor, and that can lead to issues in the future. Take notes. I use Notepad++ but regular Notepad will work. Just something you can review to see where you are in your progress and if you need to drop back and readdress something. If you’re older than Methuselah, like me, it helps out tremendously.

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