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Imagine being paranoid to the point of actually entertaining a hypothetical like that, so much that it affects your browsing habits.
by dymk 7y ago
Imagine being paranoid to the point of actually entertaining a hypothetical like that, so much that it affects your browsing habits.
- blue_devil 7y agoAnything like paranoia would be a (clinical) issue only so long as it cripples your life - say if you refuse to browse the Internet at all despite this having detrimental effect on your well-being/lifestyle etc. Being cautious with your browsing habits is magnitudes away.
- erklik 7y agoIn the age of Deep Fakes, I don't think its paranoia at all. Also, having secure browsing habits is healthy for when someone is trying to harm you.
- drawnwren 7y agoThere is actually already a pretty prevalent (lower tech) version of this scam. Grandparents are called by a con artist who attempts to pretend to be a (previously unidentified) grandchild in distress in a foreign country. [1] My grandmother lost a few thousand dollars to it because she thought they were me. 1 - https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Consumer/Publications/GrandParentScams.asp https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Consumer/Publications/GrandParent...
- tomcooks 7y agoYou're using "paranoid" as if it is a bad thing.
- bradknowles 7y agoI’m much more concerned that they might be collecting data and video that is not well secured, and then someone else could come along and use that data for nefarious purposes. The collector if the data doesn’t need to be nefarious, they only need to be sufficiently careless.