crumpets -> RE: What do senders do that they can so quickly POUNCE on juicy profiles? (10/30/2015 9:54:40 AM)
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ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze my IP ends nearby. a big building with about 100 different offices. I understand fully. They "can" track that down to you, but, they'd have to care enough to associate your unique MAC address to the router you connected with, etc., and that's just too much for an outsider sans subpoena. Please DO be careful about the HOME SSID though. For example, if your home SSID is, say, "Lady Constanze", then just know that, under very common situations, that SSID is broadcast to EVERY hotspot you visit. Yes, that means that work knows all about your SSID of "Lady Constanze", because under very common circumstances, that SSID is broadcast first, and your device only starts listening after that broadcast. EDIT: Since you're on a Mac, that might not be the case since I know PCs do it but I never checked if the Mac does the same thing. quote:
ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze Any digital pics have the relevant info removed Many people don't know that there is a thumbnail saved of the ORIGINAL picture, even after folks cropped out their grandmother and two cats. Also, it's not easy for an outsider, but each photo has a fingerprint of its own. I get around that by running a script that runs a filter on all my photos, at the same time that it strips out the EXIF information (often replacing it with faked EXIF information); but my point is that I agree with you that, once you strip out the EXIF tags, what's left is fingerprintable, but, only to someone who cares to spend a lot of energy on tracking you down to your specific camera. quote:
ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze After a mistake a few years ago which lead to me having a stalker, I am very careful with my "real" email addy What shocked me was that a forum that I actively TRIED to be anonymous on, sent a get-well T-shirt to my home! I'm no longer surprised by anything, when it comes to the lack of privacy and security we all endure. quote:
ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze I don't have kids, I don't plan to have kids, even my cats and dogs are neutered... That's funny, and I appreciate the humor of the neutered cats and dogs (they don't care anyway - 'cuz they're neutered!). But, you do have relatives, right? Are all of them as open minded as you are? Are any of them highly "J" types (speaking of Myers-Briggs personalities)? Do you have an employer who may either be a "J" type or out to get you? Anyway, you don't need to answer as these are rhetorical questions. My point is that we all should have at least one person we don't want to know what we're doing. It's called privacy. It's why we lick our envelopes. It's why we close the blinds at night. It's why we shut the bathroom door when we take your shoes into the bathroom. (Ooops. Now I said too much!). quote:
ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze Due to my work and hubby's work, we went through security clearance a few times, let's say what they knew was a bit of an eye opener, but they don't care about unusual hobbies, they care if you are a blackmail risk, we're not, they're happy with that. Yes. I understand. I went through the same. They ask a lot. And they do TALK to everyone you say is your friend or relative. And they do talk to others. In my case, it was both blackmail and loyalty that they seemed to be all about in their very detailed interviews. And, I'm sure, they SAVE all that stuff (as Utah Congressman Chaffetz found out very publicly about his 2003 Secret Service interviews). Given that, almost certainly, they are abusing your (and my) personal information. They have abused your privacy. They will abuse your privacy. They are probably abusing our privacy right now, given that we're talking about them in a not-nice way (ask Chaffetz if you think they are above that). quote:
ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze Should I be worried? Given that CS employs basically no security whatsoever, not even the bare basics, you should assume your login and password (or the unique hash, which is essentially the same thing functionally) is known to every hotspot that you have ever visited, and to any people in the vicinity of every hotspot you have ever logged in from. You can assume your home SSID, and your unique MAC address are also known to all of these people. This means that someone can SELL that information to others, who may have nefarious intent. Should you be worried? No more than the rest of us.
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