More FB 'security'

On Mar 3, 10:11*am, "Larry L" wrote:

thanks for the suggestion, Mike

You might like to look at this as well;

http://www.digsby.com/features.php

still in beta, but runs stable, and a lot of people are using it.

TL
MC

On Mar 4, 4:28*pm, wrote:
On Mar 3, 10:11*am, "Larry L" wrote:

thanks for the suggestion, Mike

You might like to look at this as well;

http://www.digsby.com/features.php

still in beta, but runs stable, and a lot of people are using it.

TL
MC

Just a tip, when you run the setup, the application will install a lot
of "extra" progs for various things by default, unless you decline.
Either choose carefully, or decline them all. They are harmless, but
most are unnecessary anyway.

I DON'T use this myself, as I don't use any of the chat, social
netsworks, etc, but I have set it up for a quite a few people. It
works well, and is very practical indeed inf you use a variety of such
services.

TL
MC

mr.rapidan wrote:

Just sticking up for FB for a little bit, before your abandonment of
it is irreversible - FB is already there. The work's done. Is it
possible that most of the new people you're going to meet will be on
FB? Is it possible that some of the general fear (not yours in
particular) of what's going on w/FB is a bit exaggerated? ...

It'd be foolhardy to call concerns about Facebook security exaggerated.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10185517-83.html

It's a dangerous world out there, if you have to expose yourself for
gawd's sake wear a condom.

... Nothing bad has ever, ever happened to me because
I've been too open online, or because I use credit cards online, or
bank online, etc. There's a lady who left the banking industry in my
group at work, and I was complaining about the stupid extra levels of
passwords all of a sudden required to log into my checking account and
that I feel are just window dressing for farmers who are paranoid
about banking online. You guys know what I mean, right? Used to be,
a simple id and password got me right in - and that's what I want.
Now I've got to match up a picture, their system keeps track of
whatever computer I logged on to last, and then makes me answer
*another f'in question* every time I rotate beween work, home, or my
iphone. She piped up that no, no, the security is really needed, and
that I wouldn't believe what happens. Well, what? Nothing's ever
happened to me. Or to any of my friends or family. She just shook
her head like I was playing with live grenades. But had nothing
concrete to say.

Once again, I think you're being foolhardy. I found a bogus charge
from a New York city jewelry store on my credit card and immediately
canceled the card. The owner of the jewelry store said the item
had already been shipped to South Africa and that he was the one who
was going to have to eat the loss. Be careful out there in cyberspace.

--
Ken Fortenberry

On Mar 4, 10:58*am, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
Once again, I think you're being foolhardy. I found a bogus charge
from a New York city jewelry store on my credit card and immediately
canceled the card. The owner of the jewelry store said the item
had already been shipped to South Africa and that he was the one who
was going to have to eat the loss. Be careful out there in cyberspace.

Had you ever dealt with that jewelry store, before?

Some people use those virtual credit cards for purchasing online, I
guess they're a good idea. You just create a temporary number from
one of your existing cards, right? Other people use a card with an
extremely low credit limit for online purchases.

Maybe I've just been lucky.

I'll read that cnet article.

On Mar 4, 10:58*am, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
It'd be foolhardy to call concerns about Facebook security exaggerated.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10185517-83.html

Well, not that it takes much smarts, but I've never fallen for that
sort of thing, it seems so obvious, to me.

And that's not really what I was talking about, I was concentrating on
people's fears of the sinister intentions fb has with your data. Or
that your world is going to get turned upside down, someday, because
someone sees something you posted. Short of posting financial account
details, or exposing personal information of others that they wouldn't
want out there, I just don't see any danger.

I'm not claiming infallibility, just that I don't see the danger, and
haven't seen any real world examples or even hypotheticals that would
give me cause for concern.

I'm definitely open to changing my mind.

mr.rapidan wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Once again, I think you're being foolhardy. I found a bogus charge
from a New York city jewelry store on my credit card and immediately
canceled the card. The owner of the jewelry store said the item
had already been shipped to South Africa and that he was the one who
was going to have to eat the loss. Be careful out there in cyberspace.

Had you ever dealt with that jewelry store, before? ...

No. And even though I'd used that card to make online purchases
I don't even know that its theft was a cyber crime. The jewelry
purchase was obviously a cyber crime but the original theft could
just as well have been a waiter at a local eatery. I never did
figure out how the credit card number got stolen.

--
Ken Fortenberry