Came across this interesting inter-action the other day. Goes to show everything you do on the internet is seen by someone.
So, I’m hanging out with William Shatner at the Jet Blue terminal on Friday…
Well, actually, I am watching him in a mildly-creepy voyeuristic kind of way as he saunters up to check in for his flight to Burbank.
My first thought is, “damn, his piece looks good.”
I’m losing my hair fast, so I am seriously tempted to ask where he bought his, but, then I remember…this is NY, we don’t do stuff like that. We’re just that cool.
But, I have to tell someone about my sighting, so I figure I’ll tweet about it. I crack open my mac, pop open Firefox, see Jet Blue’s free wi-fi terms of service page pop up, click on the button that says agree, then start to browse.
I then tweet…
JetBlue terminal. William Shatner waiting in pinstripe suite and shades to board flight to Burbank. Why’s he flying JetBlue? Free, maybe?
A few minutes later, I realize I can get a much better signal with my broadband card, so I make the switch (FYI–not much better), surf a few pages, then check my e-mail to find that…
Jet Blue is now following me on twitter.
What the?! I am instantly freaked out. My mind starts spinning. “Was there something in that terms of service page that let them track my browsing, follow me to twitter, then publicly seek to follow me on twitter?”
I’m over James T. William Denny Kirk Crane Shatner actor dude in a blink as I jump back on twitter to report,
Using JetBlue wifi to access twitter, 10 seconds later, I get a follow request from JetBlue on twitter. Half freaked out, half awed.
I think this is the end of it and vow never to use Jet Blue’s free wi-fi.
But, some 20-minutes later, the saga moves to the next phase
See what happens at Jonathanfields
