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Beware of Facebook 'Friends' Who May Trash Your Laptop
Wall Street Journal ^
| 1-29-09
| JOSEPH DE AVILA
Posted on 01/29/2009 9:57:53 AM PST by Nachum
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posted on
01/29/2009 9:57:53 AM PST
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
If I was stupid enough to download unknown software, I’d cry too.
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posted on
01/29/2009 9:59:07 AM PST
by
nina0113
(Hugh Akston is my hero.)
To: Nachum
facebook etc
Am I the only one who has never seen the point in it and never bother with it?
Just don’t see the reason why I should go on line, give a bunch of info out about me including how I look and then try to make friends.
or am I missing something?
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posted on
01/29/2009 9:59:51 AM PST
by
manc
(Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick MA,CT sham marriage end racism end affirmative action)
To: Nachum
With friends like that, who needs Facebook?
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posted on
01/29/2009 10:00:18 AM PST
by
Sopater
(I'm so sick of atheists shoving their religion in my face.)
To: Nachum
At 37, Ms. Gale is a little old to be learning that slumming can be dangerous.
To: Nachum
what is a lamp-works artist?
To: manc
I use it mostly to keep in touch with people I know in real life. Especially helpful now that we have all graduated from college and are spread out.
A lot of people use it to get phone numbers when their cell phone breaks.
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posted on
01/29/2009 10:01:53 AM PST
by
Mr. Blonde
(You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
To: Nachum
In you do get caught in the “update software to view video” virus scam.
Step one, close browser.
Step two, turn off computer.
Step three, go read a book. You’re not smart enough for the internet.
To: Nachum
The message that popped into Laurie Gale's Facebook inbox last month seemed harmless enough -- a friend had seen a video of Ms. Gale and had sent a link so Ms. Gale could view it. The link led to a video site that prompted her to update her video software, which she did. Ms. Gale is a complete dumbass ...
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posted on
01/29/2009 10:04:12 AM PST
by
tx_eggman
(I own two rare photos. Houdini as he locks his keys in his car and Norman Rockwell beating a child.)
To: Mr. Blonde
i have gotten this facebook "email" from good friends. it is very easy to see it is a bogus email.
it says, "i saw YOU in this HILARIOUS video!!!! LOLOLOLOLOL!!!! check it our here!!! XOXOXOX!!!!!
and then there is a link to some stupid site you've never heard of. i delete them and comment on my friends page that they got hacked. my old college teammates hardly ever write "XOXOX!!!" to me so i know it's not real. ha.
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posted on
01/29/2009 10:05:28 AM PST
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: manc
or am I missing something?Yes. And I'm guessing you're over 50 too.
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posted on
01/29/2009 10:05:31 AM PST
by
Lurking in Kansas
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: stainlessbanner
what is a lamp-works artist?
______
A liberal without a real job.
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posted on
01/29/2009 10:05:47 AM PST
by
WakeUpAndVote
(INGSOC starts 1.20.09)
To: Nachum
The link led to a video site that prompted her to update her video software, which she did. Anybody who accepts a "software update" from some random link needs a software update between the ears.
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posted on
01/29/2009 10:06:17 AM PST
by
steve-b
(Intelligent design is to evolutionary biology what socialism is to free-market economics.)
To: Nachum
“It was three days of torture.”
Given the current political environment she should sue.
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posted on
01/29/2009 10:06:20 AM PST
by
PJammers
(I can't help it... It's my idiom!)
To: Nachum
"I cried for an hour," Ms. Gale says.Good lord.
To: Lurking in Kansas
no actually I’ve just turned 40 and know many people who do it but my self I just don’t see the point of going on there to find friends when I have them here plus telling the world what I look like and all about me.
What am I missing?
A friend told me that it was cool and another was well you make friends over the internet.
Sorry but I just don’t get it.
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posted on
01/29/2009 10:07:34 AM PST
by
manc
(Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick MA,CT sham marriage end racism end affirmative action)
To: Mr. Blonde
that is one of the best answers I have ever got for anyone who uses this face book thank you
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posted on
01/29/2009 10:08:24 AM PST
by
manc
(Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick MA,CT sham marriage end racism end affirmative action)
To: Mr. Blonde
Friends and family. In fact my uncle posts a family newsletter on facebook every couple of weeks.
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posted on
01/29/2009 10:08:31 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: Sopater
There is no way I would ever have one of these accounts.
What can I say---I have lots of friends already--LOL! FreeRepublic is all I need. Thanks, Mr. Robinson!
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posted on
01/29/2009 10:08:37 AM PST
by
basil
( It's time to eliminate all "Gun Free Zones")
To: Nachum
Users should be especially wary of any messages from friends that don't sound like their friends wrote them. If they don't normally write OMG in a message, it's probably not them, says Mr. Kelly, Facebook's director of security.
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posted on
01/29/2009 10:08:42 AM PST
by
steve-b
(Intelligent design is to evolutionary biology what socialism is to free-market economics.)
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