Is Technology Making Us Impersonal?

[KarissaMann05]

No... I'm not you. I wouldn't want to hang out with you either. How did you come up with all that from my post? That absent-minded thing or something?

:roll:

Weak-sauce... but that's you, right?

Yeah, you called me lair for my 'weak' trait. Seriously, what are you? A god?

What I say is my personals. Don't you even dare try and correct me about MY OWN PERSONALS. Don't override me, don't downplay me, like you know me better, like you think I made a mistake when I spoke how or what I am deal with. You are wrong, simple as that, and if you think you can do this, you always will be wrong. You are not me. Don't YOU tell ME what or how I think of my personals. Don't you dare tell me what I supposedly would say, or what I like, or what I think, or what I want.

Screw you. I have no respect for you. Now, shoo shoo! Go to talk to your stupid book! :roll:

 

[NitroHonda]

Yeah, you called me lair for my 'weak' trait. Seriously, what are you? A god?

What I say is my personals. Don't you even dare try and correct me about MY OWN PERSONALS. Don't override me, don't downplay me, like you know me better, like you think I made a mistake when I spoke how or what I am deal with. You are wrong, simple as that, and if you think you can do this, you always will be wrong. You are not me. Don't YOU tell ME what or how I think of my personals. Don't you dare tell me what I supposedly would say, or what I like, or what I think, or what I want.

Screw you. I have no respect for you. Now, shoo shoo! Go to talk to your stupid book! :roll:

You finished with your temper tantrum?

Nah. I know what the human body is generally capable of (aside from genuine medical conditions or different genetics). You got your feelings hurt because I believe you can do better than be "absent-minded". I believe in YOU! Think back to the days you walked to the store without a GPS in your hands. Did you or did you not get there just fine? The whole point of my post was that... we, as a society, have gotten LAZY... and these devices aren't helping in that manner.

Don't get me wrong, I will NEVER EVER put my phone down. It is the best thing to ever happen to me as a Deaf person... but I won't ignore the bad parts about it... (and it isn't just limited to phones but includes TV, gaming, etc) which is the changes it is bringing within us all... including negatively impacting our health as we aren't running the playgrounds anymore. Social interaction disappears. Internet personas pop up. I have a Deaf son... he's 11. I want him to have all of this technology but... I also want him let to explore his backyard. Go outside and hash out some imagination. Those were the days.

 

[SilentRider]

1. No
2. No
3. Being online like alldeaf maybe 20 min a day. But texting aiming etc it varieties to how often i need to make a call or text a customer or just aim all day for fun to keep the day amusing.

 

[NitroHonda]

* Question 1: Has technology in fact made the world more distant, impersonal, and cold?

Online web realities like social networking, plug-ins, streaming, twittering, and blogging are still VERY new to me. I’m definitely a tech infant!

You see, one of my fears that prevented me from jumping on board earlier with online technology (beyond the thought of learning how to navigate in a whole new world of interaction), was actually my commitment to remain “personal” with people (a high value of mine). I use to think that the online community of users would take away the personal nature of face to face interaction.

The truth of the matter is that I am fully capable (and have done so in the past) of developing impersonal relationships in person as much as I can online. I know I carry the capacity (and track record…sad) to devalue other human beings and superficially care for things from a distance even though I come physically in contact with a “cause” in person. You see, the problem is us and NOT the internet. Can the internet add to our negative tendencies? Of course…but so can a number of other things in the “real” world.

I think the benefits of technology far outweighs the potential risk or non-action. The focus of concern should not be the technology, but rather, our hearts.

*Question 2: Does one have more virtual friends than in person friends?

Maybe because I’m an infant to blog sites, but no I don’t have more virtual friends. I do have a few (very few) virtual friends, (people I have never met in life) but my personal friendships way out numbers the virtual friendships. With some friends and family I do socialize via Skype, Facetime, texting, and Social Networks but I still feel that’s personal interaction. It’s with people I have met sometime during my life. These tools can help us stay linked to each other when there is no time to meet face to face or not possible.

*Question 3: How much time does one spend in a virtual environment compared to personal interaction?

I spend 40/60 minutes a day (from work) on Blog Sites like alldeaf or tech sites (virtual environment)

1) Yes. It is easier to be an internet tough guy than in real life. See Harris and Klebold. That being said, I have posted at a football message board for over a decade. Many of those people became my lifelong and best friends. Some I talk to daily.

2) Not really. Internet/friends... you can only talk to so many. Adding a name to a friend's list like FB or myspace doesn't count. They can only be a friend if there is interaction involved. Posting and replying is interaction. Most of who I consider my friends online are mostly people that I have met in real life... but I do have internet friends who I have never met. None here yet though! I'm off to a rough start.

3) I don't know the answer to this question but no doubt it is not enough. It goes for TV and gaming and whatever else that glues a child to his seat.

 

[Rio]

Wirelessly posted

Has Technology made us impersonal? Yes and no.

In my household, Technology has been a bliss. Here's why. Technology has enabled my autistic son to communicate much more efficiently. He can communicate face to face but when he gets really frustrated, he will use his tablet to express his emotions instead of throwing a meltdown. Technology also enables him to be able to intereact with other people. To me, that is as personal as it gets to be able to have a wonderful tool to help him communicate.

As for the rest, Technology has somewhat made everything easy for us to do instead of elbowing a grease here and there. When was the last time we got lost on the roads and it becomes an adventure itself? When was the last time we didn't have to worry or think about checking on the phones every other couple of hours? (Or maybe every couple of minutes for some people). While Technology can be helpful for numberous reasons, it also can be rotten.

It also, benefits keeping a private conversation when you need one heehee

 

[KarissaMann05]

You finished with your temper tantrum?

No! I am not done when you try to run my life. I'll try to explain.

Nah. I know what the human body is generally capable of (aside from genuine medical conditions or different genetics). You got your feelings hurt because I believe you can do better than be "absent-minded". I believe in YOU! Think back to the days you walked to the store without a GPS in your hands. Did you or did you not get there just fine? The whole point of my post was that... we, as a society, have gotten LAZY... and these devices aren't helping in that manner.

Well, there you go. About your terrible assumption about how I live myself. Sure, those local stores are not so difficult. You honestly think I will depend Google Maps for 24/7?? Now, that's funny. :roll:

What I mean is: I am not good at sensing of descriptions when I try to find an old friend's house that I haven't visit someone in ages or while time. Other examples--- a place where I need to be at meeting; moving in a new region that I need to remember everything in a local area until I don't need GPS or Google Map anymore (usually, a week or so to remember.); trying to find an another church if I don't like any of churches. So on and go on... Sometimes, I could be forgetful if I've not visit them for quite while time.

But, as for now, I easily remember where I am because I live the same region; Salem and Keizer. So, I don't need it. But, I've not visit Portland for so long, so I may need a GPS.

Do you get it now?

Don't get me wrong, I will NEVER EVER put my phone down. It is the best thing to ever happen to me as a Deaf person... but I won't ignore the bad parts about it... (and it isn't just limited to phones but includes TV, gaming, etc) which is the changes it is bringing within us all... including negatively impacting our health as we aren't running the playgrounds anymore. Social interaction disappears. Internet personas pop up. I have a Deaf son... he's 11. I want him to have all of this technology but... I also want him let to explore his backyard. Go outside and hash out some imagination. Those were the days.

Me either; I can't ignore the negativity. That is why I go outside, sometimes. But, now I still have my health issues from last year, due to my feminine stuff. I adjust my health by some outdoor activities and have new diets. I thought it's very relief because I just started to do something after my 25th birthday (I only live 1/4 of my life. It's better to do it for the sake of new ways.), otherwise I haven't know what happen to me if I don't change my new lifestyle. If you look in my posts through 5 pages, you will see my less activity on this forum. Well, now, I am somewhat active here, anyway.

So, I think it's clear that how you think of me. So, bye.

 

[NitroHonda]

Me either; I can't ignore the negativity. That is why I go outside, sometimes. But, now I still have my health issues from last year, due to my feminine stuff. I adjust my health by some outdoor activities and have new diets. I thought it's very relief because I just started to do something after my 25th birthday (I only live 1/4 of my life. It's better to do it for the sake of new ways.), otherwise I haven't know what happen to me if I don't change my new lifestyle. If you look in my posts through 5 pages, you will see my less activity on this forum. Well, now, I am somewhat active here, anyway.

So, I think it's clear that how you think of me. So, bye.

Great post including your bolded response in the post above this one. That was coherent and well-explained.

No... it is NOT clear how I think of you OR anyone else on the board. I can only promise you it is not as bad as you're thinking. I hope that you and Bottesini haven't soured on me too bad in general.

:world peace:

 

[Jolie77]

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It also, benefits keeping a private conversation when you need one heehee

LOL, Just send me a text and tell me if that guy next to you is a cutie, haha.

 

[Jolie77]

I have a Deaf son... he's 11. I want him to have all of this technology but... I also want him let to explore his backyard. Go outside and hash out some imagination. Those were the days.

Yeah, I hear you. I have 2 Deaf sons - 13 and 12. While it isn't bad to have all the technology, I'm also teaching them that they should be confident enough to leave the house without having the phones in their hand every now and then. Not to be too dependent on it. Everything in moderation, I suppose.

 

[Frisky Feline]

Great post including your bolded response in the post above this one. That was coherent and well-explained.

No... it is NOT clear how I think of you OR anyone else on the board. I can only promise you it is not as bad as you're thinking. I hope that you and Bottesini haven't soured on me too bad in general.

:world peace:

well, it appears to me that you have issues with karissa and bott. I dont have issue with them and you.

were you raised in a Deaf enviroment? just curious like deaf parents, or deaf sibilings?

 

[NitroHonda]

well, it appears to me that you have issues with karissa and bott. I dont have issue with them and you.

were you raised in a Deaf enviroment? just curious like deaf parents, or deaf sibilings?

No. They grossly misconstrued a comment of mine and I somehow offended them in the process. I have since tried to make amends and hope that we are all good! I have no issues with either one. Smile.

No. I come from a hearing family... but I wasn't shunned from the Deaf environment either. I've attended TSD and MSSD for pretty much half of my life. My wife, on the other hand... virtually ALL-Deaf family; parents, grandparents, cousins, siblings, EVERYBODY really... a lot of them are also Deaf-blind. Anyway, my wife and I have one Deaf 11 year old and a hearing 3 year old. It would be fair to say that I have always been immersed in the Deaf world one way or another but no... I came from a hearing family. Even now as I don't visit my hearing family as much anymore since my ma passed away a couple years ago. I hang with my wife's more these days. I understand THEM and they understand ME a lot more.

 

[VacationGuy234]

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It also, benefits keeping a private conversation when you need one heehee

I'm afraid not. When the head of the CIA can't keep his personal emails private there is NO CHANCE a private citizen can have a private conversation.

In fact, no conversation on the internet, including (obviously) this one, is private.

 

[Jiro]

I'm afraid not. When the head of the CIA can't keep his personal emails private there is NO CHANCE a private citizen can have a private conversation.

In fact, no conversation on the internet, including (obviously) this one, is private.

the difference is... they conducted their private matter with the government computers.

if they did it in their own home or with their personal devices, this mess wouldn't have happened.

 

[VacationGuy234]

the difference is... they conducted their private matter with the government computers.

if they did it in their own home or with their personal devices, this mess wouldn't have happened.

Wrong, email is not protected unless it resides in someone's home and you are reading it there. In fact, all email does not reside, solely in anyone's home, it resides on an ISP server and is not protected by anything. Legislation to protect that has only recently been introduced, not passed yet mind you.

No computer communication is protected the way a land line telephone call is protected.

If you need to know: The account he used was gmail.

 

[Jiro]

Wrong, email is not protected unless it resides in someone's home and you are reading it there. In fact, all email does not reside, solely in anyone's home, it resides on an ISP server and is not protected by anything. Legislation to protect that has only recently been introduced, not passed yet mind you.

No computer communication is protected the way a land line telephone call is protected.

yes... everything can be protected if you know what you're doing. encryption. that's all you need.

If you need to know: The account he used was gmail.

they did not email to each other. the emails were not intercepted or anything. they used Al Queda's method and the biggest mistake was Petraeus doing this in his government computer. everything is recorded.

 

[VacationGuy234]

yes... everything can be protected if you know what you're doing. encryption. that's all you need.


they did not email to each other. the emails were not intercepted or anything. they used Al Queda's method and the biggest mistake was Petraeus doing this in his government computer. everything is recorded.

Encryption has a 128 bit key if you use DES. I might add, it is illegal to use a key bigger than that because the government doesn't allow it. And, since you don't need a court order to break it, it would do no good because the government can break that key. And, should you get the bright idea of using something stronger you will prosecuted for it.

What makes you think your drafts are not held on an ISP server?

And, even if he did use a government computer(please present some proof), drafts are not held on a computer when using web mail.

 

[Jiro]

Encryption has a 128 bit key if you use DES. I might add, it is illegal to use a key bigger than that because the government doesn't allow it. And, since you don't need a court order to break it, it would do no good because the government can break that key. And, should you get the bright idea of using something stronger you will prosecuted for it.

DES??? LOL!!!!! that's like 1970's technology!!! we're already so faaaaaaarrrrr ahead now.

you're mistaken - it's NOT illegal to use stronger encryption but it's illegal to export it outside USA.

The iPhone Has Passed a Key Security Threshold | MIT Technology Review
http://www.nsa.gov/ia/programs/suiteb_cryptography/index.shtml

Schneier on Security: Can the NSA Break AES?

Can the NSA Break AES?
In an excellent article in Wired, James Bamford talks about the NSA's codebreaking capability.
According to another top official also involved with the program, the NSA made an enormous breakthrough several years ago in its ability to cryptanalyze, or break, unfathomably complex encryption systems employed by not only governments around the world but also many average computer users in the US. The upshot, according to this official: "Everybody's a target; everybody with communication is a target."

Bamford has been writing about the NSA for decades, and people tell him all sorts of confidential things. Reading the above, the obvious question to ask is: can the NSA break AES?

My guess is that they can't. That is, they don't have a cryptanalytic attack against the AES algorithm that allows them to recover a key from known or chosen ciphertext with a reasonable time and memory complexity. I believe that what the "top official" was referring to is attacks that focus on the implementation and bypass the encryption algorithm: side-channel attacks, attacks against the key generation systems (either exploiting bad random number generators or sloppy password creation habits), attacks that target the endpoints of the communication system and not the wire, attacks that exploit key leakage, attacks against buggy implementations of the algorithm, and so on. These attacks are likely to be much more effective against computer encryption.

EDITED TO ADD (3/22): Another option is that the NSA has built dedicated hardware capable of factoring 1024-bit numbers. There's quite a lot of RSA-1024 out there, so that would be a fruitful project. So, maybe.

EDITED TO ADD (4/13): The NSA denies everything.

and you might want to check out this legal case - https://www.eff.org/press/releases/...onstitutional-right-against-forced-decryption

you can easily encrypt your email/txt by using WiFi, TOR, and encryption software and police can't crack it. nothing illegal about it.

What makes you think your drafts are not held on an ISP server?

I've never said such thing.

And, even if he did use a government computer(please present some proof), drafts are not held on a computer when using web mail.

I'm not talking about where it's being stored. I'm talking about how did they access it.

 

[Jiro]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/t...he-cia-chief-couldnt.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

very easy for anybody to take steps to prevent getting caught like Petraeus.

 

[VacationGuy234]

DES??? LOL!!!!! that's like 1970's technology!!! we're already so faaaaaaarrrrr ahead now.

you're mistaken - it's NOT illegal to use stronger encryption but it's illegal to export it outside USA.

The iPhone Has Passed a Key Security Threshold | MIT Technology Review
NSA Suite B Cryptography - NSA/CSS

Schneier on Security: Can the NSA Break AES?


and you might want to check out this legal case - https://www.eff.org/press/releases/...onstitutional-right-against-forced-decryption

you can easily encrypt your email/txt by using WiFi, TOR, and encryption software and police can't crack it. nothing illegal about it.


I've never said such thing.


I'm not talking about where it's being stored. I'm talking about how did they access it.

Point taken that DES is no longer the standard, but the argument is that email is not protected by law. It's protection has only recently been introduced by legislation and has not passed vote. So, the government doesn't need a warrant to view it.

Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants | Politics and Law - CNET News

Even with encryption, there is no protection..

 

[Frisky Feline]

No. They grossly misconstrued a comment of mine and I somehow offended them in the process. I have since tried to make amends and hope that we are all good! I have no issues with either one. Smile.

No. I come from a hearing family... but I wasn't shunned from the Deaf environment either. I've attended TSD and MSSD for pretty much half of my life. My wife, on the other hand... virtually ALL-Deaf family; parents, grandparents, cousins, siblings, EVERYBODY really... a lot of them are also Deaf-blind. Anyway, my wife and I have one Deaf 11 year old and a hearing 3 year old. It would be fair to say that I have always been immersed in the Deaf world one way or another but no... I came from a hearing family. Even now as I don't visit my hearing family as much anymore since my ma passed away a couple years ago. I hang with my wife's more these days. I understand THEM and they understand ME a lot more.

Oh ok thats cool. Glad to know that you have no issues with them.