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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

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To: TheOldLady
I admire your wisdom TOL whereas


141 posted on 08/14/2013 2:28:56 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: Albion Wilde

“e-mail unavailable” due to technical problems.


142 posted on 08/14/2013 3:02:54 PM PDT by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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To: GeronL

Not in a post. Admin has my email address. It was required when I signed up.


143 posted on 08/14/2013 3:04:11 PM PDT by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Yes, there was a list on face book I know I was on it.


144 posted on 08/14/2013 3:05:05 PM PDT by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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To: MeshugeMikey
Nor to me, MM. And I don't want 47 photos of someone's dog either, none in focus.


145 posted on 08/14/2013 3:08:11 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely expressed as advice)
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To: JoeProBono

OMG JPB has spoken..... 2 words but its a start.....:O)


146 posted on 08/14/2013 3:10:44 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: tiki

No, but I got a notification at my alternate email address, giving me a code that I supposedly requested for my Hotmail/Outlook account’s settings. I made no such request. I rarely check that email, and the notification was about two months old.

Today’s problems were no simple hacking. I didn’t get a “wrong password” notification. My email page simply wouldn’t load. I got no error message about it until after I sent two or three reports. Then the error message stating they were having a problem with Hotmail (not my account specifically, but Hotmail in general, like it was a system wide problem) referenced the time they became aware of this Hotmail problem. Same time as my first report. They had this problem with Hotmail for about an hour before I filed my first report, but nobody else complained? I don’t think so. My Hotmail Calendar and Contact List were down at the same time. My Calendar, which has nothing in it, was back up in a few minutes. My Contact List took about half an hour and it came back up. My email, which I never delete anything from, took about four hours. All other features (which i never use) continued to work the whole time. They didn’t even leave a kiss on my pillow!


147 posted on 08/14/2013 3:11:54 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: JoeProBono

up from 2 words to 6 words....my gosh but you are talkative today.....


148 posted on 08/14/2013 3:12:57 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Excellence

Interesting. That would suggest someone didn’t just cruise the site and FB threads for email addresses and real names.

Was the site actually hacked?


149 posted on 08/14/2013 3:13:48 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: TheBigB

I remember that. A lot of people did put up their FR handles.


150 posted on 08/14/2013 3:14:44 PM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it's the new black. Mmm mmm mmm...)
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To: goat granny

151 posted on 08/14/2013 3:20:20 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: Darksheare

Darksheare’s coffee, oh my an additional weapon I hadn’t thought of to keep on hand!


152 posted on 08/14/2013 3:22:10 PM PDT by snippy_about_it
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To: GeronL
But he number of Freepers is limited. I wonder how long they'd been around? Newbies might not be as savvy about security.
153 posted on 08/14/2013 3:29:14 PM PDT by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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To: JoeProBono
ouchy, you sent me an obscene picture, I am going to report you.........
154 posted on 08/14/2013 3:47:31 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Monkey Face

Hope you deleted content before permanently deleting your account.


155 posted on 08/14/2013 3:50:05 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Excellence; Jim Robinson

I use a dedicated email address just for FR but what bothers me is that my FReepathon donation comes from Paypal with the real name on it. Just did this, too. Might be easy for a hacker to correlate the FR handle and real email name once in the databases.


156 posted on 08/14/2013 4:05:10 PM PDT by steve86 (Thank you for your prayers for Margaret!)
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To: Excellence

Your screen name is not on the list.


157 posted on 08/14/2013 4:10:17 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: snippy_about_it

See?
Darksheare’s ungentlemanly warfare school!
Smile sweetly at people while The Coffee eats their sanity..


158 posted on 08/14/2013 4:14:29 PM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
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To: NoCmpromiz

It’s there when I sign on. I don’t know how to make it visible if you’re visiting.


159 posted on 08/14/2013 4:17:32 PM PDT by wolfpat (Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. -- Cicero)
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To: BraveMan

DUngaloid right back at ‘em.


160 posted on 08/14/2013 4:20:58 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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