The world is becoming a scary place to live in. My Android
phone peeps into my Gmail. It digs out my flight details, my check-in dates at a
hotel, the weather in the city I am in, the weather in the city I am going to
and puts all the information on my screen.
Really. I was amazed to read that my flight was delayed just
by looking at my phone. I did not have to click on any link. It automatically
scanned my Gmail, checked for the status of my flight and let me know. It also
wished me a safe journey.
This GPS location thingie is becoming a nightmare. What if I
don’t want anyone to know? My friend went to her mom’s house for two days. She deactivated
her Facebook account because she didn’t want her in-laws to know (who, by the way,
live in the same city as her parents.) She didn’t want anyone to 'check her in' anywhere at all!
The day we landed in San Francisco, the Boy bought a new
mobile number. He started getting random calls from people asking him where he was!
Obviously, it was a mistake. My brain started working in myriad ways. I told
him that he checked-in on Facebook at the hotel earlier in the morning. Maybe
someone is tracking us and wants to rob us. Overdose of Discovery ID and
National Geographic I tell you.
This is not all. The way these devices store and use information
can be embarrassing. Now I saw Ye Jawani Hai Deewani in an Islamic country.
They did not show ‘the kiss’. How could I miss a Ranbir kiss. So I looked for
it on Youtube. A few days later, the Boy was looking for something on Youtube
and was amazed to see the suggested videos for me to watch (I was logged on to
Youtube while looking for the video). I HAD to disclose the reason lest he
thought I watch Mallu porn.
You have to see the suggestions for his id – NewYorkers react
to Google Glass, India vs Pakistan 1996, Android 4.3 on Nexus 4. Ah, I am the
lech of the house.
Ofcourse it has an upside.
I can never get lost. I can always find water. And I can always turn off
my GPS, my internet and everything that makes a phone smart. But what if I
forget?
Earlier, if I didn’t want my parents to spy on me, I would
just delete Internet Explorer history. Now I have no clue what all to delete! I
mean, if I don’t want to be spied on, I will have to Google the whole
process.
Thank God my teenage days are behind me. I pity the kids of today –
they have no privacy whatsoever!
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| This is just timezone that the phone spied on. I should have taken several other screen shots too! |
That was a hilarious stuff but it's a fact the modern devices leave a slimy trail like the snail.
ReplyDeleteYeah.. true that!
DeleteSeriously the kids of today are in serious trouble!
ReplyDeleteThey think their life is fun with these gadgets, but in reality, it is not so much!
DeleteThanks for the post. It was very interesting and meaningful.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteYes.. That's true.. Even I pity the teenagers of today.. Even our chat history is stored in google.. Really no privacy left.. Somehow I just wonder how much should we actually rely or portray our personal stuff on fb and other social networking sites..!! Nice and thoughtful post.. Keep writing..!
ReplyDeleteEveryone wants to show off... so there is a lot of info out there. Although we can restrict ourselves, but we don't. It is only bound to increase.
DeleteThanks for visiting!
True that, I guess we have the same hand sets. You just can't be on your own. I went on a break to another city, met my friends and not cousins, was totally quite about the whole affair, but each one of my friends tagged me on fb either at the check in statuses of places we met or in some images. There is nothing like private anymore.
ReplyDeleteAnd the teenage thing, you are so right. Each of their pimples/periods/mood swings become a story of sorts.
How was your trip btw.
You should have deactivated your account as well. I see so many people doing that temporarily.
DeleteTrip was awesome. Details will be shared soon. Thankyou for asking!
There is an incognito option in most of the browsers nowadays. Use that and it will store no history. It is godsend I tell you!
ReplyDeleteI do use that sometimes. But believe me, there are loopholes everywhere ;)
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