Big Brother in Real Time

 

Last Sunday morning, my computer told me that it was Cinco de Mayo.  Never have understood what that is all about. Do the people of Mexico celebrate our fourth of July or any other of the US national holidays?  Also …  my phone told me that same morning that CBS reports that the IRS is about to surge forth in more audits. Apparently they plan to focus on wealthy individuals (especially those over $400,000 who have not paid their taxes) and … large corporations. I’m safe… big time… if the government is telling the truth about this.  We will see.  

My question is.  Who told my computer and phone that I want to know this "stuff"? And isn't it old news anyway?  I sometimes find their morning updates annoyingly intrusive and enjoy deleting them – usually without reading them.  I just can’t figure out how to make them stop coming in. I know how to block ads, but these "news updates" seem "unblockable".  Big Brother in real time.   Boy – I am sounding like an ornery old lady.  Don’t want that. Time to move on to something positive. Then again ...

Just now this very minute, my phone told me that it is syncing with my watch.  Who told it to do that?  My phone also tracks my steps, etc.  I never told it to do that either.  Good grief, Charlie Brown.  No wonder older people long for simpler times. They really were simpler... and less "creepy".