TechGrr

 OK, here's a task that should be really simple with an iPhone but isn't. I just want to manage photos myself, using file copy / move operations. Goal: Move photos off an iphone, onto an external hard drive. Obstacle: iOS won't actually move photos, even if you select a 'move' operation, it only copies them. You have to use some application to do this. I don't want to use a photo application to manage the photos. This is mainly because I move between different computers, and I have too many photos for them to live in 'the cloud' unless I pay for a huge amount of storage, which I don't want to do. I don't want Windows or whatever application to 'suck in' all my photos to some BS folder (c:\user/abc/Pictures)  simply because I want to manage where they are (on an external RAID drive), and not have them live in some photo store on the PC. One possibility is that this is Apple's attempt to get you to pay for cloud storage which I don'

So the 'preferred' method for systems to allow you to connect your bank account to their service for the last few years has been to select your bank, then ask you to enter your user name and password into their website. This goes against all security precautions as far as I am concerned. Why would I enter my banking user and password anywhere else other than on my bank's website or in my bank's phone app. No, no no. I am told that only a token is passed and somehow this is safe. However this is usually done by a 3rd party service, so you're actually giving your login to an unknown 3rd party (by all appearances at least). This is so wrong. And why are they involved, anyway? Are they mining all your transactions going forward from that point? This I will never do, regardless of any assurances from anyone. The long standing method prior to that is to deposit two small amounts adding up to $1.00 into your account then ask you to later enter those amounts on your website

OK. Yes I'm interested in the potential results. But the DNA companies are currently using DNA testing as an information grab. They are (with most people's consent no doubt), sucking your DNA into a huge searchable database, easily associated with your name, with your most personal secrets of identity, heritage, genetic quirks and abnormalities, and medical issues stored away for future perusal by unknown parties. Here are potential groups I don't want to have access to my DNA: Distant relatives Police / Detectives (we can talk about that more in detail) Insurance companies Private companies Government Private individuals Even if personal information is 'stripped away' from the DNA, obviously it's a unique identifier which reveals an incredible amount of information, some with currently unforeseen implications, or implications which currently seem to be unimportant but which may be incredibly important in the future. People are getting too used to information be