How Do You Define Your Privacy?

Privacy? What's that?

It's not just technology, it's done the old fashioned way, too: just plain old simple nosiness.

Recently had a confrontation with my neighbor who thinks - somehow - she is entitled to the daily aspects of my life and even entitled to make decisions in my life - like I need to seek her permission for whatever I do. There's no privacy with her, she'll pump who ever for information even if the information is completely wrong.

Hell, this idiot excuse for a person even brought up the fact that I walk around in the buff... in my own home.

My curtains are drawn... now how would she know this if she wasn't peaking through the cracks?

Like most rumor mongers she'll make something up to make it sound like she's more important than what she actually is.

She spread it around the neighborhood that Sarah was in a hospital in Syracuse, even though Sarah was in a hospital in Rochester. Sarah couldn't stand the woman and wouldn't talk to her, but, of course, that didn't stop the woman from talking out her ***, like she was Sarah's best friend and knew everything.

As far as the technology thing...

My sister has a facebook friend - a former co-worker - who likes to post everything she does. "I'm now at Wal-Mart." "I'm now at work." "Going out drinking."

Nice to know anyone who wants to break into her house knows she's not home and won't be for a while.

Some of these folks don't realize that they in giving up their privacy they are also giving up their security.