Indiana Jones...I’d follow him.?
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I was surprised to learn from my kids that many younger people have abandoned Facebook. I thought it was ubiquitous among the young. I have a fake account so I can access certain business accounts only on Facebook. Surprisingly I get a lot of people wanting to friend me!
Okay, you go me.Indiana Jones...I’d follow him.?
I like Facebook. Good to keep up with family, friends and hobby interests. It's been great for marketing my two businesses. If you think your personal info is safe by avoiding Facebook I'm afraid you're very naive.
I don’t know what is weirder to me. Sending out pictures of your food everywhere (basically the whole world) or giving enough of a crap to look at pictures someone sends you.
Never been on there, this is my only social media, hell I just got a smartphone a couple months ago and hate it, except for taking pics of the kids and dogs
Even Paypal was hacked not too long ago. Heck, the only info Facebook has on me is my name, where I graduated from, and maybe a general idea if where I live. There is less of my info on there than Ebay has and it was hacked also.
Sure sure, lots of memes, food pics, and pictures of people standing on their porches or in parks.
But, my wife still throws out that it’s very weird that we have a thread where people post what they are currently smoking. To 98% of the world that doesn’t smoke a pipe, this is weirder than food pics.
Sure sure, lots of memes, food pics, and pictures of people standing on their porches or in parks.
But, my wife still throws out that it’s very weird that we have a thread where people post what they are currently smoking. To 98% of the world that doesn’t smoke a pipe, this is weirder than food pics.
As someone pointed out, any use of the internet and devices exposes one to hacking and theft. I would suspect that a vast source like Facebook would increase vulnerability exponentially. Why would someone harvest Forums when they can comb accounts by the hundreds of millions/billions at Facebook? Or Twitter, or Instagram, and etc. When you are online, you are more exposed than being in public because the numbers of people are greater. So due diligence paranoia is prudent. That said, we maintain a old-time landline phone, and half the calls we get are scams to some degree, misrepresenting who they are in writing on caller i.d., claiming to "work with" federal agencies like Medicare, assuming all kinds of good causes as identities, and just pure abuse in the number of "courtesy calls" from big corporation robots. Half the people who show up at the door are grifters of some description. So it is a culture-wide disfunction. Computer science just amplifies it.
Heck, talking about phones, I’ve bought 36 extended warranties for my truck, and I’ve given the IRS my information about 20something times, yet there seems to always be suspicious activity on my Social Securitu Number. But... what do you do? I don’t want them to cancel my Social Security Number.
I just assume everything I’ve ever posted online is sitting on multiple hard-drives all over Eastern Europe, ready to be sold off as part of the next giant big data mine/hack. That goes for social media, banking, education, and any other digital media.
As for embarrassing leaks and whatnot: play stupid games, win stupid prizes: if you don’t want the world to see it, read it, or know it, maybe you shouldn’t post it.
As for embarrassing leaks and whatnot: play stupid games, win stupid prizes: if you don’t want the world to see it, read it, or know it, maybe you shouldn’t post it.
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Cosmic', I'm afraid you've pictured the vulnerability. Too bad not being trustful is the basic survival skill. Guilty until proven innocent, and maybe not so much even then, seems to be the applicable attitude. When I extend the benefit of the doubt for ten seconds, the speaker/writer usually proves that's wrong. I try to act upbeat even when I can't reasonably think upbeat.
Every keystroke you make, every email or text you send, every bank transaction it is all in the NSA database and probably Russia and China's as well. I set up everyone of my bank accounts to notify me immediately of any transaction. If I buy something online I check the charge on the account it was supposed to come out of. I know as Jesse said there is no privacy and don't fool yourself thinking that staying away from social media will stop any of it. You want to fly under the radar, ditch your computer and phone and only use safety deposit boxes for your money.
I just don’t remember ever being told that we have privacy on the internets. From the days of Norton Commander OS we all knew that everything we did online was recorded.
Heck, if harvesting what pics and posts we like pays the bills, so be it. I’d rather just be paid directly to judge cat pics and food, but at least keeping up with my kids, cousins, and other relatives is free on there.
The weirdos are the ones who go to news posts and make every little cat caught in the tree news posts a political mudsling hate fest. When the silver allert was posted for my mother-in-law on the news, ratards from all over the world made it out to be a political uprising. I have absolutely no respect for peolle who spend all day doing that. In fact, if anyone admitted to me that they do that, I’d be temped to smash their nose in. I hope someone is recording that mess. Damn their eyes.
Heck, if harvesting what pics and posts we like pays the bills, so be it. I’d rather just be paid directly to judge cat pics and food, but at least keeping up with my kids, cousins, and other relatives is free on there.
The weirdos are the ones who go to news posts and make every little cat caught in the tree news posts a political mudsling hate fest. When the silver allert was posted for my mother-in-law on the news, ratards from all over the world made it out to be a political uprising. I have absolutely no respect for peolle who spend all day doing that. In fact, if anyone admitted to me that they do that, I’d be temped to smash their nose in. I hope someone is recording that mess. Damn their eyes.
I had it back when it very first came out. Back then it was a pretty cool idea. It was originally for college students only and you had to have a valid college email to get a Facebook account. The idea was that if you're sitting in a lecture hall with 250 other students, you might not have the chance to get to know any of them. The "groups" were originally intended for different classes and clubs within those universities, allowing you to virtually meet other students who might be taking the same classes or that shared the same interests.
I'll admit - I enjoyed it back then because it gave us an easier means to organize study groups, talk about classwork, meet for tailgates, etc.
Then one day I got a friend request from an aunt who I knew wasn't in college. I also knew she wasn't smart enough to figure out how to get a fake, authenticated college email address. This was followed quickly by a friend request from a (then) twelve year old cousin. This second request was immediately followed by me deleting my account. I can't honestly say that I've missed it. I do, however, remain appalled at the amount of time I see people spending on it as well as the meaningless drivel I hear about being posted.
I'll admit - I enjoyed it back then because it gave us an easier means to organize study groups, talk about classwork, meet for tailgates, etc.
Then one day I got a friend request from an aunt who I knew wasn't in college. I also knew she wasn't smart enough to figure out how to get a fake, authenticated college email address. This was followed quickly by a friend request from a (then) twelve year old cousin. This second request was immediately followed by me deleting my account. I can't honestly say that I've missed it. I do, however, remain appalled at the amount of time I see people spending on it as well as the meaningless drivel I hear about being posted.
When He joins Facebook I just may convert.
I remember in university when Facebook was coming out, a friend asked me to join. He said it was a good way to stay in touch with people from high school. That settled it for me, I would never join.
Following the recent data leak at Facebook, folk are now being encouraged to type in their phone numbers into a website to check if they are included in the leak.
So the next headline will be "Website helping Facebook victims is hacked"
You couldn't make it up.
"People can use the Have I Been Pwned online tool to check if their numbers or emails were compromised."
Full story here....
Tool checks phone numbers from Facebook data breach - BBC News
Regards,
Jay.
So the next headline will be "Website helping Facebook victims is hacked"
You couldn't make it up.
"People can use the Have I Been Pwned online tool to check if their numbers or emails were compromised."
Full story here....
Tool checks phone numbers from Facebook data breach - BBC News
Regards,
Jay.
To see if your Facebook phone number was hacked, you'll have to enter a Social and your mother's maiden name.
Along with your address and driver's license number.
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