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[michael howarth 1Participant @michaelhowarth1]

Thanks RJW….. I have been fiddling with the “options” …. .it may not have stopped them altogether but they have slowed down considerably and to an extent that I think I can live with. Flashing images give my wife a migraine and whilst she does not use this site your advice will prove to be valuable on the sites that she does use………thank you very much.

 The same people that you refer to seem to have a major input into modern films and TV rendering it unwatchable by the many people affected by it.

Mick

Edited By mick H on 11/12/2011 17:22:19

[Gone AwayParticipant @goneaway]

Posted by RJW on 11/12/2011 16:52:33:

Google ………. one of the most privacy intrusive companies on the planet.

 

 

They even came and took a picture of my house

 

Oh, and thanks for the GIF animation fix for FF. Nice one!

Edited By Sid Herbage on 11/12/2011 17:21:30

[RJWParticipant @rjw]

 

Cheers Mick and Sid,

 

Google took a photo of our house too, even though I didn’t ask them to, they also took a lot of other stuff at the same time when doing the rounds!

 

Some interesting reading for those unaware!

Just to show that Google are not entirely disingenuous, I harvested the following links using ………………Google

Using the search terms ‘Google Privacy invasion’, the site returned 54,800,000 hits in 21 seconds!

 

You’ll need to copy & paste the links of these tasters into your browser!

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/google-faces-landmark-fine-for-gross-invasion-of-privacy-2115644.html

 

http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2010/05/15/google-admits-to-more-privacy-invasion/

 

http://www.rfidprivacy.org/intrusion-on-privacy-by-google.htm

[Gone AwayParticipant @goneaway]

OMG, they accidentally tripped over my passwords while photographing my house? I knew photography was a security risk. George Eastman has a lot to answer for.

 

Actually, I don’t expect they got much from me. I don’t use wi-fi as a default simply “because it’s there”. I have an extensive home network but it’s mostly wired. I do have a wireless access point (for the iPad, palm etc) but it’s well secured and, unlike many, I don’t run it at full power “because it’s better”. The power is cranked right down so that it’s undetectable 6 ft from my front door.

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

I must agree, if Google means a perp can download a picture of my house off the web, rather than having to come and visit me to take it, hooray for Google.

 

Neil

[jomacParticipant @jomac]

Hi, Seasons greeting, I have been using Opera for about ten years, NO problems, its the fastest browser around, and is alway being updated, Having said that, things seemed to be going slower. so last week all my phones and internet went off, for two days, Telstra and my ISP blamed each other, for the problem, Telstra fixed it and my ISP loaned me a new modem,because Telstra had up graded the line to ADSL2+, thing were looking up, now my old modem which is suppost to work doesnt !!!!!!. Got onto E/bay and brought a new modem for $25, (I was the only bidder) will see how it goes when I get it ???. My ISP got me to do a speed test while they were logged on to my line, its now pushing up to 8mpps which is 4-10 times my old speed, BUT before all this happened I could still turn pages on this site with only a 5 sec delay, its now faster. I will keep my fingers crossed to see if it lasts, I had thought my computer was over loaded, and needed to upgrade the CPU and memory, so now I will wait till next year to upgrade and re format the hard drive.

John Holloway

Merry Xmas

PS Im’e sweating down here while I watch the snow over there on TV

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