Knock knock, it’s a witness
Get your wallets out, the church carpet kissers are coming for you. I live a little outside the typical grid, where junk mail doesn't typically get shoved in your mail box and even the roads are unsealed.
Yet the Jehovah's Witness followers made it to my doorstep and left me with a copy of their magazines. How much money do you think they spend on those papers? I'm going to use it as fire starter. Some might simply prop a wonky desk or shove it back in their face. I can't bring myself to be rude. But some may consider it misleading to take the magazines and give them the impression they have a potential converter. But do I come to your door asking for money or worship? I would consider it as rude and invading. That's why I will never step foot on a doorstep selling a service, product or of all things, a religion. If I do, then kick me in the arse.
TV ad warnings
Lately I have seen ads with warnings about their simulation of real life events. In short, they alter their ad to show a quicker product in action. Samsung are a recent subscriber to this advertising brainchild. Their new phone has a drawing app which must be slower than the ad tends to show as the warning at the bottom of the screen says "simulation is faster than normal use".
Another is for Transitions lenses in eyewear, it shows horses in a field and a graduated dial, the image is dark and the warning says "for simulation purposes only". A hand reaches to the dial and alters the light and the viewer can now see the horses better. Thank god they put that warning there because I thought the glasses would allow me to turn a giant volume knob to alter the light of the planet, physically changing the intensity of the sun.
I've seen car ads with "overseas model shown" as they drive by the camera. Assuming they are either too cheap to re-shoot the ad or the overseas model looks better. What crap are they sending instead of that beautiful European sedan I see on my telly?
Warnings are for the ignorant, they are there to avoid confrontation when people are misled. But these same ignorant people won't read the warnings. Leaving it up to the lonely salesman to break the news.
Nb. By the way how's my grammar here boys?
New Privacy Threat
Recently I was sent some photos of a fridge, tv and some furniture that was for sale second hand. It was passed onto me and I have never met the person, however after receiving the photos via email I could distinguish where the person lived. This was because the persons iPhone geo tagged the photo with a gps marker. It was spot on with the address as I ended up going there to help with picking something up.
What concerned me was the level of accuracy in which i could identify where the items where located. This could spell trouble for people using iPhones and other geo tagging phones and cameras to share photos. As there locations are free to view if the user is unaware the setting is switched on.