# Paranoia
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoia/32565
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 9, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoia/32565 "2000-09-09T02:41:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoia/32565/1 "2000-09-09T02:41:48Z")
I found this cool program on my Win98 CD. It is called Tweakui and you can set all kinds of things on your desktop, including turning off a lot of annoying things (Like the “click here to start” thing on the bottom).
The coolest thing is a section called paranoia. It lets you set it to clear your IE history, document history, passwords, etc. every time you shut down.
Well, I thought it was cool.
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### Author:  [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2000, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoia/32565/2 "2000-09-09T07:59:59Z")
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.
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### Author:  [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2000, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoia/32565/3 "2000-09-09T08:14:31Z")
Or, conversely, should one not follow the School of Cobain, just because you’re _not_ paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.
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### Author:  [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2000, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoia/32565/4 "2000-09-09T11:09:30Z")
Perfect paranoia is perfect awareness.
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### Author:  [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoia/32565/5 "2000-09-09T23:07:39Z")
I read the title of this thread and the first thing that crossed my mind was “Serve the computer. The computer is your friend.”
“Stay alert. Trust no one. Keep your laser handy.”
Wow… all sorts of memories are flooding back now. I suppose I should report to the nearest termination facility…
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Pete
Long time RGMWer and ardent AOLer
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### Author:  [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2000, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoia/32565/6 "2000-09-09T23:42:35Z")
Especially if you’ve reached anywhere close to Ultraviolet. Yep, that’s what I was thinking from the thread title too.