Jamesl5180

Thank You Very Much!

 

 

 

I learned a lot with this trip and this review, mostly about photography and communication. But what I learned the most is how much I enjoy doing this, it is a lot of work. I really can't imagine how many hours I put into it, but my wild guess is over 100 hrs in the review itself and a lot more in the ship photographing it. But all that time did not go in vain, I enjoyed every second of it. And more than that, I enjoyed sharing it with all of you.

 

I want to thank all my posters, without you all this review would not had been possible. One needs all those encouraging words to keep going strong until the end. Some of you had some very touching comments and for that I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

 

 

Many thanks to all of you; (This list is thanks to mom)

 

 

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I also want thank all my non-posting followers, that 100,000 view mark would not had been possible to break without all of you, thank you.

 

And last but not least, I want to thank the moderators of this forum. Not only for giving me the 5 star rating, but also for the support they provided me during the writing the this review. We had a little bumps along the road :D, lol, but they were always there to help. Make sure you follow the forum guidelines ;). Thank you so much moderators, you were all very kind and understanding.

 

 

There will more reviews to come, we are in the process of deciding our next vacation, it will most likely be booked by the first week of december. I will bring this thread back to life, once I start writing my next review to inform my RCCL followers about it. I want to thank Beth C for that great idea :), thank you.

 

 

I will continue answer questions, so feel free to ask away.

 

 

I hope everyone had as much fun as I did with this review.

 

Thank you for making this possible :)

 

 

The End.

 

 

Thank you for the time and effort you have put towards this wonderful review.

[quote name='Delta Hotel']Hey BSUGrad,
Your question is simple, but the answer is very complex, and the possibilities are endless for how to use someone's picture. For example (and this is completely fictional, but realistic), lets say that you find a thread on CC where someone is talking about taking a cruise in a few weeks such as a roll call. If that person provides their home town (which many do), their first names (which many do) and perhaps their occupation, the kind of car they drive, their employer, the name of their kid's school, etc... It's pretty easy to use these bits of information to find their full names, their addresses, and other useful information.

If they post a picture of their kid, and it's easily deduced where their kid goes to school, a pedofile could go to the school and easily pick them out using their posted picture. The possibilities are endless for someone who thinks this way.

If you can deduce someone's address (which isn't all that hard), you can go to their house and rob them while they're on vacation. That's a common one.

Pictures of people's faces are more valuable than one might think. I have done IT security consulting for large police departments and local governments. It's amazing what you can do with just a picture of someone's face. Even Google's Picassa freeware program has a very impressive facial recognition system and database cataloging ability. If you apply these technologies with purpose and mal intent, a lot of harm can be done.

I know how this stuff can be used for good and bad. If me keeping personal information and pictures off of Cruise Critic even remotely prevents my family from being a news article or statistic, I'll gladly do it.

Boy... I think this might have been the most serious moment on this thread, yet!

DH[/QUOTE]

I was very curious of this also. Thanks for the question and reply.

BTW great review, I am a fan of the details and all of the back stories.

Congrats on Marriage. thanks for posting the review.

What a great review so far. Thanks for sharing your cruise.