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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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To: JoeProBono
Zuckerberg (Facebook) might as well have a CIA, DHS or NSA badge around his neck. He gave 0bama illegal access to Facebook profiles and stats for the 2012 election, in violation of CFAA Laws, a felony.

Zuckerberg is a gov't hack. The Google boys are also knee deep with the gov't. As far as I'm concerned, both companies are 'fronts' for U.S. gov't agencies. Trust neither, and NEVER use your real name on the Internet unless you have to (Banking, Ebay, etc)..

61 posted on 08/14/2013 10:10:17 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
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To: Jim Robinson
I didn't get a Freepmail so guess that means I'm not important enough to merit attention. I have a Facebook page and never go there. Anything I say on FR, I would say to anyone, especially Hussein, so it doesn't matter if I am known or not.
62 posted on 08/14/2013 10:12:05 AM PDT by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: PowderMonkey

Not in our lifetime, at least.


63 posted on 08/14/2013 10:12:16 AM PDT by rlmorel (Illegal aliens don't have to obey our border laws. We don't have to treat them as citizens. Even.)
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To: humblegunner

I really don’t know why. It’s not like you can be recognized from about a mile away.

;^)

(I had to leave the FR club on FB. My newsfeed was being swamped by posts from some guy who was making a post every time his dog licked his testicles.)


64 posted on 08/14/2013 10:12:55 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Justice for Trayvon: Dig up his body and shoot him again.)
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To: Marcella

66 posted on 08/14/2013 10:14:26 AM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: Monkey Face
> I don’t know how long it will take to actually have it CANCELLED!

IF they drag their feet, update/change all your data to gibberish.

67 posted on 08/14/2013 10:16:36 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall With no one to raise him up; And I will set)
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To: F15Eagle
I have a tinfoil hat, why would I need aluminum siding?

oh. *nevermind*

68 posted on 08/14/2013 10:17:24 AM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
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To: Cyber Liberty
My newsfeed was being swamped by posts from some guy who was making a post every time his dog licked his testicles

Another good reason to wear pants.

69 posted on 08/14/2013 10:18:09 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: BraveMan

Lucky you. I signed up at DU, and not only did they not ban me, they seemed to like me!


70 posted on 08/14/2013 10:18:57 AM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
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To: Cyber Liberty; humblegunner

Easy to be recognized if he is getting pegged with a roman candle on the side of his head ;)


71 posted on 08/14/2013 10:19:43 AM PDT by Bikkuri (Molon Labe)
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To: Cyber Liberty

Kinky...


73 posted on 08/14/2013 10:20:05 AM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
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To: Jim Robinson

Yet another validation for my decision to cancel my Facebook account the same day that our dictator Commie Obammie was reelected. Even before the NSA revelations, I decided FB might be unhealthy.


74 posted on 08/14/2013 10:20:40 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: humblegunner

If the deer don’t get them, the other accessories will.


76 posted on 08/14/2013 10:24:29 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
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To: Jim Robinson

Hope my name and FRper name was not on the list. Right now I am between internet providers and have limited computer use.


77 posted on 08/14/2013 10:25:04 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: JoeProBono

Like!


78 posted on 08/14/2013 10:25:22 AM PDT by free-in-nyc (Freeping from the heart of the occupation)
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To: Jim Robinson

A bunch of us outed ourselves, proudly, on a Facebook page for current and former FReepers.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/351607998243111/

Let the libs come after me. I have a long, wooded driveway. I also have guns, as some drug using potential thieves recently found out. I also have a foolproof alarm system that lets me know whenever anyone is near.


79 posted on 08/14/2013 10:26:47 AM 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: Jim Robinson

FB is handy for two things.

1.) A fake FB account that allows you to login to millions of websites via your FB account without the need to establish an individual account local to each website. Associate the fake FB account with a real, but throwaway email account used for no other purpose. Never use your fake account for anything but that. Lie about all demographic data when you set up the fake account.

2. A real one where friends and family can find you. At a minimum, lie about your birthday. Never post anything personal about yourself or anyone you care about on the real account as all posts are being mined by FB and the government.


80 posted on 08/14/2013 10:30:21 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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