Social Media and Jewelry Pics?

[Arcadian]

I tend to stay very careful about how I post. On facebook its family, I still only post stuff about my dog. People have seen my kitchen and some interiors of my house. But hell who cares. Im careful about posting the front of my house. I would now post the front of the old one...I don't care because I don't live in it anymore.

On social media I rarely post gem pics and when I do, I don't say why. Not because I think people feel like I'd be bragging, but because sometimes, its just an inside thing. My mom would know but would just say its beautiful. My sister would ask, and I would ignore why she's asking...lol. She really does post her entire life online. Case in point, I asked her not to post about my birthday online because I don't. Guess what she does?

I post a lot of stuff about Massachusetts (at least now) because I don't live there anymore. and while I post gem pics here, its about the gem right?

 

[OoohShiny]

I would now post the front of the old one...I don't care because I don't live in it anymore.

Is there a voters' register that could be looked at, though, which might reveal past owners of the home if someone managed to track it down?

Case in point, I asked her not to post about my birthday online because I don't. Guess what she does?

This drives me nuts too - I do not want to be on stupid facebook, so I can be captured by FB's facial recognitions software and stored/tracked forever - likewise I do not want my DoB or any other identifying information on a global, easily searchable database. It irritates me that my wife feels the need to even mention my name on there, and she threw a tantrum when I asked her to delete any pictures of me. (Well, deleted from public view - I'm sure FB has their own copy stored safely away... )

Your sister should respect your right to privacy and your wishes.

 

[LJsapphire]

Is there a voters' register that could be looked at, though, which might reveal past owners of the home if someone managed to track it down?


This drives me nuts too - I do not want to be on stupid facebook, so I can be captured by FB's facial recognitions software and stored/tracked forever - likewise I do not want my DoB or any other identifying information on a global, easily searchable database. It irritates me that my wife feels the need to even mention my name on there, and she threw a tantrum when I asked her to delete any pictures of me. (Well, deleted from public view - I'm sure FB has their own copy stored safely away... )

Your sister should respect your right to privacy and your wishes.

My fiancé isn't on facebook and it took a long time before he would even let me post a picture of him. He still doesn't like me to post them, when the relationship was new I wondered if he had something to hide or was hiding me from others He is funny about the use of his data on the internet in general.

 

[OoohShiny]

My fiancé isn't on facebook and it took a long time before he would even let me post a picture of him. He still doesn't like me to post them, when the relationship was new I wondered if he had something to hide or was hiding me from others He is funny about the use of his data on the internet in general.

He sounds like my sorta guy

With no implications on yourself there seems to be a great many people in the West with the 'if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear' mentality, who are then suspicious of anyone who doesn't want their lives documented online, to be recalled forever by whoever is looking in the future (or is looking now, as part of data-mining exercises to profile individuals and the wider population).

I think anyone who has lived under a more oppressive regime would think that mindset to be madness - why does the state or a giant faceless organisation want or need so much information about us? If I have nothing to hide, why do I need to tell them about things?

It's the same argument against governments harvesting their population's fingerprints and other unchanging, personally-identifiable biometric data, such that required for electronic facial recognition and voice recognition - that sort of data is captured from criminals when they are in the justice system, so to harvest it from individuals in the general population that have not done anything wrong is surely to imply that they might do something wrong in the future, so Big Brother better catalogue you now so they know where to find you...

AIUI most of rural western China is currently undergoing Government-led cataloguing of individuals in this manner, alongside the implementation of vast networks of CCTV (probably with audio capture as well), in order that the Government can 'keep track' of individuals who might dare to speak against the regime in power. Once that data is harvested and stored, there is no way to 'unharvest' it, and I have read (and agree with) comment that it is now effectively a giant, open-air prison system.

It is for these sort of reasons that I and your fiancé want to resist this apparently unstoppable 'progress' - it is not because we are ashamed or trying to hide some dirty secret; it is because we just want to retain as much privacy as we can in this world while we still can.

I am sure that many people think we are tin-foil-hat wearing nutjobs, but when we have reached Minority Report and get personally-targeted adverts when we walk into shops because our phone and/or face is being tracked and recognised, I will be pleased to have resisted for as long as I could!

 

[Arcadian]

Is there a voters' register that could be looked at, though, which might reveal past owners of the home if someone managed to track it down?


This drives me nuts too - I do not want to be on stupid facebook, so I can be captured by FB's facial recognitions software and stored/tracked forever - likewise I do not want my DoB or any other identifying information on a global, easily searchable database. It irritates me that my wife feels the need to even mention my name on there, and she threw a tantrum when I asked her to delete any pictures of me. (Well, deleted from public view - I'm sure FB has their own copy stored safely away... )

Your sister should respect your right to privacy and your wishes.

I'm still ok with posting the front of my old house (I won't post the address though...lol that would be cray)

FWIW, if someone really want to spend the time to find me they certainly could. They wouldn't want to, but sure they could.

Its really to late for me government wise....lol they know ALL ABOUT ME. (the shit you'll do for a check....)

But still, I like to keep certain parts of life just not out there, so through the use of a hardware vpn and firewall and in some cases with TOR, I can do that. But when I use a modern browser, the chances of stuff getting out there is stupidly easy.

With the whole birthday thing, She should of course respect my privacy but she doesn't because in part, I think she dosen't want to think too much about what she's got going on (leukemia) and because because she's got diarrhea of the mouth. My brothers stopped telling her stuff (she blabbed all over facebook a private matter between my oldest brother and his wife...which well..you should NEVER do) Seriously if you gave her 5 dollars, she would have to put that all on facebook....

So I never tell her really important stuff and she has to live with what she knows which isn't terribly much.

 

[TooPatient]

I am slightly jealous of DH's ability to be pretty anonymous. His name (first and last) is super common. I tried hard to get information online about him once and couldn't find anything except one very specific search term that most people wouldn't know to use. Even with that, you can't tie anything to him except an address. It is impressive how completely unsearchable he is!

 

[YadaYadaYada]

Ok, I'm weird.

...I don't have a twitter, facebook or instagram account.

We will be weird together!

 

[Diamond_Hawk]

I would love someone local to go browsing with or get feedback on do I love this or that more but it is difficult when my family (mom, aunt, etc) are struggling financially. (I keep doing what I can to help them get to a better place that way, but no amount of help I can give will just fix it. Bad habits and bad choices...) I find myself starting to send a text/message with a picture then delete it to keep any feelings from being hurt.

This is a tough one! I think this type of thing happens in more families than most people realize.

 

[Diamond_Hawk]

....He is funny about the use of his data on the internet in general.

“Funny” or “Wise”?

 

[strawrose]

Yeah... social media should be used carefully.

I only post weightlifting videos, vacation, food, and the very rare selfie. Nobody needs to know how much I spend on jewelry.

 

[Bron357]

My FB is pretty much full of dog photos and garden photos. I’ve posted up photos on occasion of our cars but I tend not to post any photos of any “valuables” or draw attention to any jewellery I have or I’m wearing. Most my friends know nothing about gemstones / value and I’m not one to “show off”, I love my treasures because they bring me joy and I’ve enjoyed the hunting and collecting.
Younger people I find are much more about showing off their designer items ie handbags and clothing plus their holiday destinations or fancy restaurants meals.
Here on Pricescope it’s anonymous and people here love jewellery and gems and we want and expect to see and share our treasures with like minded people. I honestly feel that here it isn’t “look what I’ve got, it’s better than yours” we all compliment and admire the .50 carat diamond ring as we would a 5 carat diamond.

 

[OoohShiny]

Yeah... social media should be used carefully.

I only post weightlifting videos, vacation, food, and the very rare selfie. Nobody needs to know how much I spend on jewelry.

Ooh, do you lift/compete? That is pretty cool - much respect to anyone who has that level of focus and motivation!

I seem to be wearing Christmas round my gut... lol, so need to get back to the gym!

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

My FB is full of food posts in the past, now nothing.

My Twitter account is used to fight with enemy shippers.

My IG exists so I can like my Lil Sis's food pics.

PS is where I post bling pics.

 

[strawrose]

Ooh, do you lift/compete? That is pretty cool - much respect to anyone who has that level of focus and motivation!

I seem to be wearing Christmas round my gut... lol, so need to get back to the gym!

I don’t compete yet, but am training in powerlifting.

Christmas.. so much yummy food.

 

[OoohShiny]

I don’t compete yet, but am training in powerlifting.

Christmas.. so much yummy food.

Cool!!


Another benefit of training hard - one has the excuse to eat more

 

[Diamond_Hawk]

With no implications on yourself there seems to be a great many people in the West with the 'if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear' mentality, who are then suspicious of anyone who doesn't want their lives documented online, to be recalled forever by whoever is looking in the future (or is looking now, as part of data-mining exercises to profile individuals and the wider population).

... Once that data is harvested and stored, there is no way to 'unharvest' it, and I have read (and agree with) comment that it is now effectively a giant, open-air prison system.

That is an interesting way to phrase this: open-air prison system.

My younger colleagues tend to see the social media, photo-sharing, and information gathering as just another 'part of life' and don't seem overly concerned. While any imminent threat may not be developed, the long-term and generational implications are mind-blowing. If today's information gathering is so extensive, what will it look like in 20, 30, 100 years?

 

[Ellen]

I am sure that many people think we are tin-foil-hat wearing nutjobs, but when we have reached Minority Report and get personally-targeted adverts when we walk into shops because our phone and/or face is being tracked and recognised, I will be pleased to have resisted for as long as I could!

Not me. Great post! (one of the best I've read in quite a while)

*adjusts hat*

 

[Diamond_Hawk]

Not me. Great post! (one of the best I've read in quite a while)

*adjusts hat*

Where can I order this? LOL

 

[Ellen]

Where can I order this? LOL

It came from a little shop just outside Roswell.