{"id":17804,"date":"2011-12-30T05:32:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T10:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=17804"},"modified":"2011-12-30T05:34:03","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T10:34:03","slug":"so-what-if-big-brother-is-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/so-what-if-big-brother-is-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"So what if Big Brother is watching?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17805\" title=\"eye-x\" src=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/eye-x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"113\" \/>I was showing a galpal<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=17795\"> my new phone<\/a> yesterday and told her I really like the Google maps feature that shows me on a map where I am and what direction I&#8217;m heading. \u00a0My car does not have a gps, so it&#8217;s a handy feature to have. \u00a0She was quick to tell me that also means whoever wants to find me via my cell phone can now do it with the same technology. \u00a0&#8220;Do you want everyone to be able to find you anytime?&#8221; \u00a0<em>Um, everyone like who?<\/em> &#8220;Oh, the police, the government, anyone&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0<em>What are we, like spies now? \u00a0The police and the government can find me thru the public records and my tax returns, too<\/em>. \u00a0She also doesn&#8217;t vote or have homeowner&#8217;s insurance. \u00a0She&#8217;s also always in boundary fights with her neighbors and zoning issues with the city since she raises animals. \u00a0She might live a life where she thinks she has to hide what she does, but I don&#8217;t. \u00a0The thing is, she doesn&#8217;t even do anything illegal or borderline, it&#8217;s just always in discussion. \u00a0I know several people like this. Always focused on the latest conspiracy, how the government is out to get us now. \u00a0Pullease. \u00a0It&#8217;s just the government. \u00a0Let them get us. \u00a0Do what&#8217;s right. \u00a0Live a life you&#8217;re proud of. \u00a0Pay what they tell you to pay. \u00a0Trust that it will work out and it will. \u00a0Don&#8217;t limit your life to a mere small slice of what it can be. \u00a0Live transparently and live out loud.<\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/so-what-if-big-brother-is-watching\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=So what if Big Brother is watching?&url=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/so-what-if-big-brother-is-watching\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/so-what-if-big-brother-is-watching\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/so-what-if-big-brother-is-watching\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=So%20what%20if%20Big%20Brother%20is%20watching?&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/so-what-if-big-brother-is-watching\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was showing a galpal my new phone yesterday and told her I really like the Google maps feature that shows me on a map where I am and what direction I&#8217;m heading. \u00a0My car does not have a gps, so it&#8217;s a handy feature to have. \u00a0She was quick to tell me that also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17804"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17809,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17804\/revisions\/17809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}