Who's watching, or listening to, you????

[Marnie]

I hate to think, and would probably be horrified.

[Babs]

I guess the watcher or listener must be mother. ha ha.

[Shutterbug]

Is that a mother board? Interesting shot. Love the big question mark.

[Jane Pittenger]

So much to look at. Nice and crisp

[Jacqueline]

Lol, it took me a moment to see what it was.....at first glance it looked like a blueprint for a new neighbourhood.....

[Peter H]

1984, that's all I'm saying. It's a Brave New World...

[Rob Z]

@golftragic Lol - don't you hate it when you just discuss something in your own home - and then ads for it spring up on your computer. :)

[Rob Z]

@peadar But I don't like it!! :)

[Rob Z]

Hi Jacqueline and Jane and Shutterbug - This was for the 52 week challenge ( Jacqueline - I know you are doing it too) - Category -Inspiration, Topic - Anonymous. The challenge said "Use this inspiration as creatively as you can. There are no rules...." so this was originally not my image but one from online (Jane - that's why it's so nice and crisp!) that I processed to try to fit the theme. I wondered afterwards if I should acknowledge somehow that it wasn't my original- either in the intro or the tags? I would appreciate your thoughts if you have time. P.S. Shutterbug - it was definitely the cutest Motherboard!! Cheers Rob
@jacqbb @jgpittenger @shutterbug49

[Rob Z]

@onewing Lol Babs - your comment was a classic!!

[FBailey]

I have never seen a motherboard before - I am so impressed by your creativity!

[Rob Z]

@fbailey Thanks FB - like you Motherboards were a foreign entity to me - until I had a teenage son who was, and still is, an IT nerd! And I thought of this because of the spooky, intrusive way in which our computer can suddenly start giving us ads for a product which we have only spoken about - not even searched for!! :)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Cool abstract art!

[Helge Erik Storheim]

One of the places I worked were too "cheap" to buy new computers, so they bought parts and as the resident tech support guy I had to build them so I've seen a few too many of these things! Nice image though :-)

[Rob Z]

@helstor So can you tell me if they can actually listen to you?? It's been a bit creepy a couple of times! :)

[Rob Z]

@olivetreeann Thanks Ann - they are sort of interesting with all their shapes and lines...

[Helge Erik Storheim]

@robz Not the hardware, but you can install software (or Apps as they call it nowadays :-) that can "read" what you type on the keyboard, use the webcam to have a look around or use the mic to listen. Fortunately it is not a big problem for most people.

[Rob Z]

@helstor Thanks for the info Helge - it probably explains why we get ads for products that we have only talked about. It's all a bit invasive. Regards Rob