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Facebook, twitter, FR Screen name security risk
Aug 14, 2013 | Jim Robinson

Posted on 08/14/2013 9:18:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

Dear FRiends,

A FReeper sent me a short list of names this morning that he says he found on an internet site that matched up freeper names to their real names. He says he managed to get the site owner to delete it and we can thank him for that. But in the message he sent me there was also an accusation that the list was provided to a third party by John Robinson. That's bullshit. John would never do such a thing.

On a hunch, I looked up the listed names on FR's facebook page and sure enough all but two were members. Then he sent me a longer list and I recognized many of those names as also being facebook members. I've seen threads run on facebook where members outed their own FR screen names. If you have a facebook or twitter account or other social media accounts in your real names, you may want to be cautious about outing your FR screen name. There are leftists out there and sometimes even anti-freepers who could easily compile and post such lists.


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1 posted on 08/14/2013 9:18:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson

If it was possible, a courtesy FReepmail to affected parties would be appreciated. As time and automation (if necessary) allow.


2 posted on 08/14/2013 9:20:41 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Where's my pressure cooker backpack wmd ricin laced al qaeda terrorist BASSELOPE?)
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To: Jim Robinson
My name was on there, and I've no problem with it really.

Not sure how they matched the name "Jim Robinson" with the FR handle "Jim Robinson", however. :^)

3 posted on 08/14/2013 9:21:08 AM PDT by TheBigB (Al Sharpton would scream racism at a bowl of Cheerios.)
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To: Jim Robinson

So are you saying someone found where Freepers ADMITTED their names on social media and then built a database?


4 posted on 08/14/2013 9:22:16 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Uncle Miltie

The FReeper who sent me the list already did so. Thanks.


5 posted on 08/14/2013 9:22:17 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Jim Robinson
I have no real name.... I Am the worlds first RGB American....a pixel based life form created to spread love and cheer and SOUL...across the Internet.

Thanks!


6 posted on 08/14/2013 9:22:38 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey (This Message NOT Approved By The N.S.A.)
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To: Jim Robinson

I’m having my own security issues with Facebook and Hotmail right now. I’d appreciate a Freepmail if I’m on that list.


7 posted on 08/14/2013 9:22:57 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Seconded.


8 posted on 08/14/2013 9:23:25 AM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
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I trust you guys and don’t really care if anyone knows I’m a FReeper. Hell I proudly proclaim it.


9 posted on 08/14/2013 9:23:51 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Apparently. But it wasn’t a database. Just a list of several dozen names.


10 posted on 08/14/2013 9:24:08 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Jim Robinson

If I recall correctly Jim, a while back on the FR Facebook page, someone started a thread asking folks to share their FR handle. And many, including myself, did so.


11 posted on 08/14/2013 9:24:13 AM PDT by TheBigB (Al Sharpton would scream racism at a bowl of Cheerios.)
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To: Jim Robinson; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; ...

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don’t add you to the list...

12 posted on 08/14/2013 9:24:14 AM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
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If you’re NOT on FB or Twitter, are you still anonymous?


13 posted on 08/14/2013 9:24:25 AM PDT by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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Oh good. I hope it’s a trustworthy FReeper.


14 posted on 08/14/2013 9:24:43 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: Jim Robinson

Thankfully, I don’t use Facebood or Twitt-Durr.


15 posted on 08/14/2013 9:25:53 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
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I was on it. Not hard to figure out who I really am if anyone was that interested. Don’t really care. The internet is NOT anonymous. Just wondering what the purpose of the list was. Also a member of Free Republic on FB, with my REAL name.


16 posted on 08/14/2013 9:26:51 AM PDT by Mama Shawna
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The FReeper who sent me the list already did so. Thanks.

Hmmmm? I didn't get a FReepmail.

I don't know whether to be disappointed or pleased!

17 posted on 08/14/2013 9:27:11 AM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
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To: TheBigB

Yup. And I suspect that was the culprit’s source in this little caper.


18 posted on 08/14/2013 9:27:13 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: BykrBayb
I’m having my own security issues with Facebook and Hotmail right now. I’d appreciate a Freepmail if I’m on that list.

You have gotten a PM if you were on the list. I don't remember seeing your name/handle.

19 posted on 08/14/2013 9:28:00 AM PDT by DYngbld (I have read the back of the Book and we WIN!!!! (this post approved by the NSA))
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To: cripplecreek

Me too. Posting as Jim Thompson since 1996.


20 posted on 08/14/2013 9:28:01 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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