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There has been a lot of talk on the news of your personal data being stored and shared with third parties that has been taken from social media.

If you do not want the world to know your business do not put it online.

Your governments can see you anytime they want, they probably know more about you than you know yourself

you are being watched adjust privacy settings they can still see you ~

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Valsa George

Date: 11/15/2022 5:15:00 AM

Quite true... ! In the internet age, there is no privacy for anyone. Watchful eyes are always open.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 11/15/2022 2:53:00 PM

Thank you very much Valsa, we are monitored day and night with cctv, governments listening in to our private conversations. It's certainly worrying. Tom

Sara Kendrick

Date: 9/23/2021 2:22:00 PM

Good one. Some people are afraid to get the vaccination for COVID because they think the government is putting a chip in the shot so they can track us, etc. They already can with cell phones, computers, etc. if they are interested in the person that is. I appreciate you dropping by. We are still easily fatigued, I am coughing and coughing during the day but at night it seems to be much better. It is aggravating but I guess in time it will get better. Thanks for your visit. Sara

Tom Cunningham
Date: 9/23/2021 2:30:00 PM

Thank you very much Sara, I agree, our governments know everything about you, conspiracy theorists have had a field day with covid. There was never anything said about jabs for measles or smallpox. Tom

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 5/3/2018 3:08:00 PM

Talk about being paranoid now, when I never was paranoid before. I'm kidding, Tom. I don't put anything out there I do not want the whole world to see. Hopefully everyone thinks like that.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 5/3/2018 4:16:00 PM

Sadly a lot don't Caren and they think everyone is their friend, there's a lot of predators out there. Tom.

Cheryl Hoffman

Date: 4/17/2018 8:16:00 AM

I agree we that unfortunately live in an Orwellian world Tom; the watching wet paint dry below is really funny, lol! And your comment about moving to the hills to get away is classic although the drones would probably beat you there; A truthful chilling write about big brother Tom!~Che :)

Tom Cunningham
Date: 4/17/2018 10:35:00 AM

Sign of the times Cheryl, but we just seem to accept it.Even as you go about your daily lives there's cameras everywhere. And watching people through their tvs is something else. Tom.

Ravi Sathasivam

Date: 4/16/2018 8:11:00 AM

Excellent Senryu. And I agree with you, we have been watched. Good advise. Thanks for sharing it.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 4/16/2018 8:59:00 AM

Thank you Ravi, some people do not help themselves though and are careless with their private information. Tom

Roy Pett

Date: 4/16/2018 4:16:00 AM

Great Senryu Tom, I am more worried about identity theft so don’t use social media such as fakebook. Well written. :))

Tom Cunningham
Date: 4/16/2018 6:35:00 AM

Thanks Roy, you hear of that so often but the government seem to do little about the problem. Tom

Fj Thomas

Date: 4/15/2018 5:06:00 PM

They have for some time. Good advice Tom!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 4/15/2018 5:43:00 PM

I know there's a need to watch certain individuals but we're all under the spotlight, a bit unnerving. Tom.

Nette Onclaud

Date: 4/15/2018 4:43:00 PM

they might copy our poems, ohh no...greeat job, tom!.. huggs

Tom Cunningham
Date: 4/15/2018 5:35:00 PM

Don't worry Nette I know a good copyright lawyer lol. Tom.

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 4/15/2018 5:32:00 AM

...and see what we write , haha, dear, Tom! So beautifully said my friend!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 4/15/2018 10:39:00 AM

Thanks Demetrios, I'm sure people don't mind the trivial stuff being aired but are so careless with really deep and personal material. Tom.

Viv Wigley

Date: 4/15/2018 1:12:00 AM

Not just a fine Senryu but a cautionary tale, Tom. Although new data privacy laws will be coming into force soon, it's up to all of us to draw our own curtains. Viv

Tom Cunningham
Date: 4/15/2018 4:07:00 AM

Thanks Viv, love the ref to the curtains but you are spot on.But some people are so careless. Was involved in some missing mail years ago and we had to go to a paper recycling plant looking for evidence.The bills and letters I came across with adresses and bank details on you wouldn't believe. Tom.

Maria Williams

Date: 4/15/2018 12:35:00 AM

An amazing Senyru Tom, one that certainly brings to light what is going on right under our noses,still, its not only FB. Read this the other day..... GPS-enabled phones Most modern mobile phones have a small GPS chip inside them, which means your location can be pinpointed to within a few hundred metres by the network of satellites floating in orbit.......Scary!! You bet.....Maria

Tom Cunningham
Date: 4/15/2018 4:03:00 AM

Thanks Maria, wow that is scary, even though most of us are not guilty of anything it still unerves you a bit to be spied on. Tom.

Niall Fulham

Date: 4/14/2018 7:43:00 PM

Hi Tom, true we are being watched but most people are not because watching paint dry would be more exciting :) lol great write my friend ::)))~~~Niall

Tom Cunningham
Date: 4/15/2018 4:00:00 AM

Love the reply, yes some paints are more exciting than some people that send you to sleep soon as they open their mouths.enjoy the weekend. Tom.

Line Gauthier

Date: 4/14/2018 4:36:00 PM

Thanks for the heads up.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 4/14/2018 5:34:00 PM

What amazes me is the amount people who don't know what's going on.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 4/14/2018 4:27:00 PM

Didactic senryu! The proverbial “they”

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 4/14/2018 7:22:00 PM

I don’t think we have much escape anymore. Oh brother!!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 4/14/2018 5:35:00 PM

Indeed Kim, but I'm sure if the terrorist threat went away they wouldn't need to gather your data. Yeah right.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 4/14/2018 3:21:00 PM

- I never had a FB account ... but, is not blind or deaf - Well written, Tom - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Tom Cunningham
Date: 4/14/2018 3:41:00 PM

I remember seeing on tv, a girl was interviewed and they told her all about herself, she was gobsmacked . Then they told her it was on FB for all the world to see. Tom

Jan Allison

Date: 4/14/2018 2:08:00 PM

You are so right Tom Big Brother certainly is watching us and you never know who is storing our information or is really behind a keyboard ... don't do social media especially 2faced book:-) hugs Jan xx

Jan Allison
Date: 4/14/2018 5:49:00 PM

I wrote about that on my diaper poem about FB lol - if they tell the whole world what they are doing and where they are going then criminals will possibly take advantage:-( hugs jan xx

Tom Cunningham
Date: 4/14/2018 3:09:00 PM

Thanks Jan, what amazes me people put pics of themselves on holidays and get home to find that they've been burgled.As for security settings well they are a joke.I gave up on FB ages ago. Tom Haha 2facedbook.