When you joined Facebook, (or ANY other social network site) did you give them the password to your email? Why for heaven's sake did you do that? Did you actually want Facebook to send an invitation to your bank? Did you want them to send an invitation to anyone and everyone in your address book? (And remember, some email programs will save every email address for anyone you ever sent an email including replies.)
Oh, you didn't know they would do that? What exactly did you think would happen when they said 'Find friends using your email account?' Did you think they would know exactly who your friends are and wouldn't send invites to anyone you didn't want to receive an invitation? Really, did you think that?
I suspect you didn't think at all, you just blindly followed and gave them your password. For shame! Don't you know you shouldn't give your email password to anyone? Even your ISP won't ask you for your email password! Your bank, your credit card company, Paypal, etc., none of these will ask you for your email password, so why on earth would you give a stranger your password?
Oh, you say, Facebook isn't a stranger. Really? Do you know who lurks behind the site that is asking for this information? I bet you don't!
If you did fall for that 'Find friends using your email account' and now that everyone in your address book has been spammed at least once, all those
folks that didn't join you on Facebook are going to spammed again to remind them of the 'invitation' to join you. This fact makes me wonder about the
validity of the blurb below the box to enter your password. You know, the one that says 'we won't store your password'. Then how do they manage to send out 'reminder' spam?
I would guess it's because your password is still there. I would remove it if I were you. Then you should go to where ever your email is hosted and change the password for your email account. And for goodness sake, don't ever give away your email password again! Ever!
Martha
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Goodbye Firefox For Now
Why Firefox is no longer my default browser. I still use Firefox (I really need some of those extensions) but all of those 'Firefox cannot find the server' messages when going to websites finally just made me decide to make Opera default. Opera finds those sites just fine.
Sometimes I had to press the Retry button 3 times to get to what I know is a valid site.
At first I thought it was just my computer, but then I tried on other computers and it is the same. Then I found I am not the only one with this problem.
I looked on the Moilla forum for answers and all I got was 'you must have spyware', it's your firewall' or some such nonsense. Sorry, I think it's a bug in Firefox that somehow is overlooked by all of those folks that contribute. Too many people are experiencing this problem. (Some from as far back as 2005) If it is a security thing, why doesn't it happen for all sites?
Even some Linux users have this problem.
You know what? Opera is faster and renders pages much better.
Martha
Sometimes I had to press the Retry button 3 times to get to what I know is a valid site.
At first I thought it was just my computer, but then I tried on other computers and it is the same. Then I found I am not the only one with this problem.
I looked on the Moilla forum for answers and all I got was 'you must have spyware', it's your firewall' or some such nonsense. Sorry, I think it's a bug in Firefox that somehow is overlooked by all of those folks that contribute. Too many people are experiencing this problem. (Some from as far back as 2005) If it is a security thing, why doesn't it happen for all sites?
Even some Linux users have this problem.
You know what? Opera is faster and renders pages much better.
Martha
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Updating Word Press
I just hate updating Word Press!
The newer versions of WP are supposed to have this automatic update feature, but it never works for me. Once upon a time there was a plugin for automatic update and that worked pretty well for awhile, but then it stopped working and the fun? began for me.
First I try to get it to automatically backup. It goes as far as downloading the new version and then it just stops. No more, nada. (I keep hoping, but it just won't work) At least I don't have to update my database version every time!
I backup the site, verify the backup, de-activate the plugins and download the new version. Then I have to hunt for the instructions because I have this memory problem and follow the instructions all the while hoping it will work and I won't have to use that backup. So far I haven't had to use the backup, but you never know.
Then I have to remember to re-activate my plugins, check every thing to make sure all is ok and say a silent prayer.
So if anyone has an idea why that automatic thing doesn't work, please let me know!
Martha
The newer versions of WP are supposed to have this automatic update feature, but it never works for me. Once upon a time there was a plugin for automatic update and that worked pretty well for awhile, but then it stopped working and the fun? began for me.
First I try to get it to automatically backup. It goes as far as downloading the new version and then it just stops. No more, nada. (I keep hoping, but it just won't work) At least I don't have to update my database version every time!
I backup the site, verify the backup, de-activate the plugins and download the new version. Then I have to hunt for the instructions because I have this memory problem and follow the instructions all the while hoping it will work and I won't have to use that backup. So far I haven't had to use the backup, but you never know.
Then I have to remember to re-activate my plugins, check every thing to make sure all is ok and say a silent prayer.
So if anyone has an idea why that automatic thing doesn't work, please let me know!
Martha
What happened to Global Warning?
In case you are sitting on a sunny beach somewhere and you haven't read any news, just about everywhere in the US is covered by an arctic blast and most of us here in the Texas and other southern states are freezing our you-know-whats off.
I read it's darn cold in Europe as well.
I haven't felt this cold in many a year! It's just downright cold and there are no other words for it. I want this arctic blast to go back to the Arctic.
It's really hard for me to think we have global warning when the weather is like this!
When it's this cold I want to do is stay at home where it is reasonably warm. But then my little dog wants to go for a walk and so my parka that hasn't been used in a long time comes out of the closet and away we go.
Martha
I read it's darn cold in Europe as well.
I haven't felt this cold in many a year! It's just downright cold and there are no other words for it. I want this arctic blast to go back to the Arctic.
It's really hard for me to think we have global warning when the weather is like this!
When it's this cold I want to do is stay at home where it is reasonably warm. But then my little dog wants to go for a walk and so my parka that hasn't been used in a long time comes out of the closet and away we go.
Martha
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