such a true story, IE...... and even more frightening to me, is the fact that there are normal people (and i use the term normal very loosley here) that are capable of doing the same thing and then some. i don't give a rats ass if the gov't knows what i'm doing, but the fact that a computer whiz can know my every move makes me leary to every transmit anything over the web again.
on a side note..... when i used to have webtv, and used a *hit log* in my e mail signature, so that i could tell when mails were received, i proved that webtv was reading their customers mails, too....so hard telling how far this crap goes.... seems like the only assured private method of communication any more is face to face, and even then, it's hard telling if big brother is watching with some sort of lip reading spy satellite or something.
on a side note..... when i used to have webtv, and used a *hit log* in my e mail signature, so that i could tell when mails were received, i proved that webtv was reading their customers mails, too....so hard telling how far this crap goes.... seems like the only assured private method of communication any more is face to face, and even then, it's hard telling if big brother is watching with some sort of lip reading spy satellite or something.
cool, thanks, IE, nice to know something like that is available at not too high of a cost.
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So what's the good news. With over a billion e mails world wide every day. I wonder when they might get to me. Either by chance or not at all. To many to get to in a life time.
djv and all
of course no one will waste time with you or me or most of us, until.....someone wants to do a number on you, whether private, government, etc.
then, they will sift/sort, use keywords, and whammo. imagine if we have these powerful computers, what will big business and governments capabilities be with their monsters?
the rule for email is to not write anything that could come back to you and expect that anyone, anywhere, could have access to it. this includes private mail that someone forwards to others, innocently or maliciously.
i have briefly been exposed to the tip of the iceberg on this subject, and would not even comment on it in public, but what i have seen is not pretty.
i don't lose any sleep over it, but i usually write letters off-line and edit, print, re-edit, print, until i am satisfied that nothing is taken or interpreted out of context, both to the receiver and anyone else who may end up with that email.
pep
of course no one will waste time with you or me or most of us, until.....someone wants to do a number on you, whether private, government, etc.
then, they will sift/sort, use keywords, and whammo. imagine if we have these powerful computers, what will big business and governments capabilities be with their monsters?
the rule for email is to not write anything that could come back to you and expect that anyone, anywhere, could have access to it. this includes private mail that someone forwards to others, innocently or maliciously.
i have briefly been exposed to the tip of the iceberg on this subject, and would not even comment on it in public, but what i have seen is not pretty.
i don't lose any sleep over it, but i usually write letters off-line and edit, print, re-edit, print, until i am satisfied that nothing is taken or interpreted out of context, both to the receiver and anyone else who may end up with that email.
pep
djv....
Pepin couldn't have put it any better with his *until* someone wants to do a number on you, line.
as far as your question about things posted here, they are MEANT to be seen by others, and you are fully aware that it is a public forum....... (or do you mean easy for someone to find out WHERE you are posting at public forums?) in which case, yes, it's very easy for them to dig.
Many things that are possible, i never would have believed, unless seen with my own eyes..... you are led to believe (in general) that e mails and such, including other possible information transmitted over the www, are private, WRONG...... in fact, after having to use my system recovery disk (TWO DAMN TIMES EVEN, in the last week) .... i'm amazed at the number of warning pop ups that come up, telling you right out that it is possible for others to view this information, and do you want to continue. I know i was warned a long time ago, that there WAS no privacy, when you were dealing on line, but it is the extent of that *no privacy* that now shocks me. With the tiniest bit of info on you, someone with good computer knowledge and skills, can find out about anything they want to know.
guarantee you one thing, it sure changes the things i will do or say online now.....LOL
Pepin couldn't have put it any better with his *until* someone wants to do a number on you, line.
as far as your question about things posted here, they are MEANT to be seen by others, and you are fully aware that it is a public forum....... (or do you mean easy for someone to find out WHERE you are posting at public forums?) in which case, yes, it's very easy for them to dig.
Many things that are possible, i never would have believed, unless seen with my own eyes..... you are led to believe (in general) that e mails and such, including other possible information transmitted over the www, are private, WRONG...... in fact, after having to use my system recovery disk (TWO DAMN TIMES EVEN, in the last week) .... i'm amazed at the number of warning pop ups that come up, telling you right out that it is possible for others to view this information, and do you want to continue. I know i was warned a long time ago, that there WAS no privacy, when you were dealing on line, but it is the extent of that *no privacy* that now shocks me. With the tiniest bit of info on you, someone with good computer knowledge and skills, can find out about anything they want to know.
guarantee you one thing, it sure changes the things i will do or say online now.....LOL
Yes your right. But I think I will still say your a hot Mama. I mean I don't know that. Hey I know your a good Mom. Thats better then a hot Mama. And I don't care what any sneak a?? hole thinks about that. The hot or the good.
