How paranoid should I be? i have a bandaid over the camera and mic of my lap top. Is this crazy?

[sea2summit]

Well according to my notifications I’ve made a bunch of political posts in this thread that got canned. I was trying to be careful

Thanks for letting me know though.

 

[5030]

Well according to my notifications I’ve made a bunch of political posts in this thread that got canned. I was trying to be careful

Thanks for letting me know though.

Moss road hard at work............

 

[sea2summit]

Moss road hard at work............

Heard a quote on a YouTube video over lunch that fits. Not exact but close “To everyone who’s generated an opinion and contributed to the discussion, thank you. It’s not about us and them, it’s all about us. Without individual opinions there’s no ‘us’.”
Strangely he wasn’t talking about a virus either.
Ohh well. Maybe it’s time to leave the forum like others.

 

[JasperFrank]

Ransoms is a shorthand word I started to use, after dealing with many machines that had been locked up by malware: That asked a fee to unlock the machine. Most people understand how Crypto-ransomware works. But I found that there is a much broader category and industry out there, some of which appear to be perfectly legal, yet still operate like Ransomware. These are the "finder" type web sites that supposedly gather up all the publicly available information on a particular person. They usually have a ridiculously long series of progress bars as the site searches, or pretends to search, across various types of records, such as "Marriage," "Residences," "Contact Info," and "Criminal Records." Then the site says a complete file is ready for viewing... but there is a paywall. Usually less than $5. The ransom is in the form of how they highlight The Criminal Records category. No indication of what sort of Criminal Record, just "We found X many" followed by a bunch of red asterisks. I've tested several of these sites with the names of people that I absolutely know have zero Criminal back ground. Still, there is that Highlighted Criminal Records Found. I consider this to be a form of ransom. So personally I've expanded the word's meaning to also include all the small things that could be considered to be ransoms. Of which, I am finding to be many. And this is what I mean by "ransoms." There are light weight ransoms out there. And we don't see, or care about them, but they are there. the terrible thing is that if you do a look up, the site creates a warning on you. CAUSE YOU LOOKED IT UP.
Its a speeding ticket you got 15 years ago...In Montana, on an interstate highway. I'm, so bad to have wanted to get out of that state as fast as I could. Well, now its on record. Criminal something. Paid the fine. Still on file. And will always be on file: Forever.

 

[WM75Guy]

Here is a good video from our local Fox 4 consumer reporter about how much data Facebook has on you and how to see it. The part that concerns me the most is that the Facebook app uploads your cellphone contacts to Facebook. When installing the app it probably asks for permission to access your contacts. Once there, according to the agreement you accepted to use the app, that data belongs to Facebook.

 

[WM75Guy]

Sorry, forgot the link.

Save Me Steve: Your Facebook Data

Millions of Facebook users are being told their personal information was improperly shared with a data mining company. Users are getting a message titled "Protecting Your Information" detailing how to change security settings. FOX 4's Steve Noviello shows you how to take a closer look at the...

www.fox4news.com

 

[MossRoad]

Moss road hard at work............

No. It wasn't.

 

[Dftodd]

Well according to my notifications I’ve made a bunch of political posts in this thread that got canned. I was trying to be careful

Thanks for letting me know though.

Apparently just mentioning a president's name, Even innocently will get your post pulled.

I wonder what other key words will get it flagged and pulled?

 

[5030]

For once you are innocent. I'm amazed. Kudo's to you.

 

[IndyJay]

Apparently just mentioning a president's name, Even innocently will get your post pulled.

I wonder what other key words will get it flagged and pulled?

If you are a NASCAR fan there is one driver you cannot mention.