Happy Birthday, belated!
Things that frustrate us all
- Thread starter rhubarbodendron
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Happy Birthday, belated!
Many Thanks to you too!
I just realized... your avatar looks like it's a part of the cover art for the TNG novel VENDETTA.
(Haven't read it since a couple years after it was released, but I remember it was good.)
I just realized... your avatar looks like it's a part of the cover art for the TNG novel VENDETTA.
(Haven't read it since a couple years after it was released, but I remember it was good.)
Yep, it's from Vendetta. One of my favorite Trek Novels!Wish First Contact would have been like it!
Belated Happy Birthday, @Unimatrix Q.
I'm sorry it ruined your weekend. Happy birthday.
I'm on the opposite side of the spectrum. People wishing me a Happy Birthday irritates me.
More on topic, while an understandable need for the area I hate "break up limits" for speeds on heavier vehicles. It makes my commute unpredictably long.
Thank you. It means much to me [Hug]
So, due to being in a frozen climate during the winter the Department of Transportation imposes "break up limits" which basically means a vehicle over a certain weight has to 30 MPH on the highways to reduce the creation of pot holes and damaging the roads further from all the snow and ice we had over November and December and January. Normal passenger vehicles can go the speed limit, but if you get behind a small moving vehicle it can take forever to get around them due to the long line of cars during the commute.
My mom's got a fucking hacker, someone has gotten a hold of her email and now keeps going in and trying to change all of her passwords and things on a bunch of her accounts.
Then this morning, I also accidently gave a person who called and claimed they were from the phone company the secure pin to access our account
. They caught me off guard while we were out walking the dogs, and it sounded legit. Luckily I realized what I did pretty quickly once we got home and my mom got everything straightened out.
I was wondering there is anything we can do about this person, assuming it's all the same person, but they could be literally anywhere in the world, so I'm not sure who we'd go to. Some information on the person/people has possibly leaked through to our side of all this, but I don't know if anyone can do anything about it.
Then this morning, I also accidently gave a person who called and claimed they were from the phone company the secure pin to access our account
. They caught me off guard while we were out walking the dogs, and it sounded legit. Luckily I realized what I did pretty quickly once we got home and my mom got everything straightened out.I was wondering there is anything we can do about this person, assuming it's all the same person, but they could be literally anywhere in the world, so I'm not sure who we'd go to. Some information on the person/people has possibly leaked through to our side of all this, but I don't know if anyone can do anything about it.
Speaking of computers...
At work today, the main sharing site where I do a vast majority of my work is down. It's like trying to work while in a straitjacket and you are driving a motorcycle through 4 flaming hoops across 10 cars and avoid pies to the face when landing on the other side and then drive past a minefield followed by the real danger... a group of clowns.
This is going to be an interesting day.
At work today, the main sharing site where I do a vast majority of my work is down. It's like trying to work while in a straitjacket and you are driving a motorcycle through 4 flaming hoops across 10 cars and avoid pies to the face when landing on the other side and then drive past a minefield followed by the real danger... a group of clowns.
This is going to be an interesting day.
Not usually a whole lot. You can report it to the local authorities and the local branch of the FBI, but information is usually limited as to what they can trace.My mom's got a fucking hacker, someone has gotten a hold of her email and now keeps going in and trying to change all of her passwords and things on a bunch of her accounts.
Then this morning, I also accidently gave a person who called and claimed they were from the phone company the secure pin to access our account
I was wondering there is anything we can do about this person, assuming it's all the same person, but they could be literally anywhere in the world, so I'm not sure who we'd go to. Some information on the person/people has possibly leaked through to our side of all this, but I don't know if anyone can do anything about it.
Companies should never contact you request that security information. If in doubt, ask them for contact information and call back on the number listed on bill, statement, card, or anything else that had been previously provided and contains specific information about your account.My mom's got a fucking hacker, someone has gotten a hold of her email and now keeps going in and trying to change all of her passwords and things on a bunch of her accounts.
Then this morning, I also accidently gave a person who called and claimed they were from the phone company the secure pin to access our account
I was wondering there is anything we can do about this person, assuming it's all the same person, but they could be literally anywhere in the world, so I'm not sure who we'd go to. Some information on the person/people has possibly leaked through to our side of all this, but I don't know if anyone can do anything about it.
If possible, don't use your email for your username and use different usernames for different accounts. Use different passwords for all your accounts. Make up answers for the security questions.
You'll need a password manager to help keep track of all this. I personally use Keepass. It's open source and all files are stored locally. There are other commercial versions and often your antivirus software will have a manager. You can store all that information including PINs. Some can attach files which is handy for storing encrypted drive recovery keys.
I write all my passwords and stuff down. And using my deep well of scifi knowledge, I use obscure things as my passwords, like registries of hardly seen ships, stardates of character based episodes, etc.
Not a very safe thing to do. What happens when somebody finds it? Or you lose it? Or both?
Obscure as those may be, they can still be guessed. And you can be tricked into giving them up.
The only really secure passwords? Unintelligible gibberish. Those can't be guessed OR given up.
We have all of our passwords recorded in a safe place.
I'm sorry to hear that! Glad you straightened things out quickly.My mom's got a fucking hacker, someone has gotten a hold of her email and now keeps going in and trying to change all of her passwords and things on a bunch of her accounts.
Then this morning, I also accidently gave a person who called and claimed they were from the phone company the secure pin to access our account
I was wondering there is anything we can do about this person, assuming it's all the same person, but they could be literally anywhere in the world, so I'm not sure who we'd go to. Some information on the person/people has possibly leaked through to our side of all this, but I don't know if anyone can do anything about it.