Several times I have seen posts on Facebook from folks who say "I Didn't Post That, please ignore it".
'That' is something malicious and I am wondering how 'that' managed to get posted from the user's account!
One thing could be the user has a weak password for Facebook. But the users that posted "I didn't post that" are fairly computer savvy and should have used good passwords.
Now we are finding out that third party apps (like Farmville) are probably the culprits although they are probably not aware of the security issue.
Net-Security explains.
Egads, what next Facebook?
Martha
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Stealing my email address!
There is a blog that was stealing posts from one of my Yahoo Groups. In addition to private messages being exposed, so were email addresses.
Before this blog was set up I NEVER got SPAM for this email address. Now I am getting SPAM, more than likely due to some web scrapping for email addresses.
Numerous requests have failed to remove this thieving blog. We did stop the thief from posting more messages and email addresses, but the offending blog is still there.
Why Blogger? Why won't you remove this scummy blog? Do you want the spammers to have our email addresses? Is it because it is a Yahoo group?
Martha
Before this blog was set up I NEVER got SPAM for this email address. Now I am getting SPAM, more than likely due to some web scrapping for email addresses.
Numerous requests have failed to remove this thieving blog. We did stop the thief from posting more messages and email addresses, but the offending blog is still there.
Why Blogger? Why won't you remove this scummy blog? Do you want the spammers to have our email addresses? Is it because it is a Yahoo group?
Martha
Friday, April 22, 2011
Can't Find Google
Some time back I wrote a post about 'Firefox cannot find the server'.
I had to go back to Firefox as it just has too much going for it the other browsers don't. But I do use Opera and Chrome, rarely Internet Explorer (that ActiveX thing is still there) and rarely still, Safari.
Imagine my surprise when Google Chrome couldn't find Google!
Martha
I had to go back to Firefox as it just has too much going for it the other browsers don't. But I do use Opera and Chrome, rarely Internet Explorer (that ActiveX thing is still there) and rarely still, Safari.
Imagine my surprise when Google Chrome couldn't find Google!
Martha
Saturday, March 05, 2011
SEO Sellers, Don't Bother!
I have a contact form on my website.
I was getting responses from so many folks trying to sell me SEO services I decided to add this line to the page:
"If you are trying to sell me an SEO service, don't bother, I won't reply!"
Since I am still getting requests to sell me SEO, I guess there is a bot looking for contact forms.
Since the form is completely filled out, is this an automated response? (How do they do that?) Or do these SEO folks just don't or can't read?
Martha
I was getting responses from so many folks trying to sell me SEO services I decided to add this line to the page:
"If you are trying to sell me an SEO service, don't bother, I won't reply!"
Since I am still getting requests to sell me SEO, I guess there is a bot looking for contact forms.
Since the form is completely filled out, is this an automated response? (How do they do that?) Or do these SEO folks just don't or can't read?
Martha
Friday, February 04, 2011
The Super Bowl is NOT in Dallas!
In spite of all the uninformed news media telling you the Super Bowl is being played in Dallas, it isn't true!
The Super Bowl is being played at the Cowboy's home stadium located in Arlington, Texas! Arlington is NOT in Dallas!
Arlington is 20 miles west of downtown Dallas and is the 49th largest city in the United States. It is also the home of the Texas Rangers, the International Bowling Campus (which houses the United States Bowling Congress, International Bowling Museum and the International Bowling Hall of Fame), the headquarters for American Mensa, and the theme parks Six Flags Over Texas (the original Six Flags) and Hurricane Harbor. More...
Martha
The Super Bowl is being played at the Cowboy's home stadium located in Arlington, Texas! Arlington is NOT in Dallas!
Arlington is 20 miles west of downtown Dallas and is the 49th largest city in the United States. It is also the home of the Texas Rangers, the International Bowling Campus (which houses the United States Bowling Congress, International Bowling Museum and the International Bowling Hall of Fame), the headquarters for American Mensa, and the theme parks Six Flags Over Texas (the original Six Flags) and Hurricane Harbor. More...
Martha
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Where's the Quality?
Remember that Wendy's commercial with the old lady wanting to know "Where's the Beef"?
Well, this old lady wants to know 'Where's the Quality?'
I purchased some Hanes pajamas for gifts in December. This month (January) I have been patching and mending seams that were not sewn properly in said pajamas. Every pair. They fit loosely so it isn't a 'busting out' problem. They are always advertising on TV for Hanes underwear, but I suspect I have purchased Hanes pajamas for the last time. I think they need to spend less on advertising and more on quality control.
Appliances should last for more than five years without expensive repairs. However, the new dryer quit alerting me when the clothes were dry when it was less than two years old. The sensor that tells when the clothes are dry quit working when it was less than five years old. Now it is taking twice as long to dry clothes than it did when it was new five years ago.
The new washer sprang a leak, less than five years old.
The new refrigerator had to have a repair when it was three years old.
The new dishwasher had to be repaired less than five years old.
Oh yes, these appliances are all made by GE, which brand won't ever be purchased by me again. I just hope some company out there does make good appliances.
They don't make stuff like they used to when it was all made in the USA.
Martha
Well, this old lady wants to know 'Where's the Quality?'
I purchased some Hanes pajamas for gifts in December. This month (January) I have been patching and mending seams that were not sewn properly in said pajamas. Every pair. They fit loosely so it isn't a 'busting out' problem. They are always advertising on TV for Hanes underwear, but I suspect I have purchased Hanes pajamas for the last time. I think they need to spend less on advertising and more on quality control.
Appliances should last for more than five years without expensive repairs. However, the new dryer quit alerting me when the clothes were dry when it was less than two years old. The sensor that tells when the clothes are dry quit working when it was less than five years old. Now it is taking twice as long to dry clothes than it did when it was new five years ago.
The new washer sprang a leak, less than five years old.
The new refrigerator had to have a repair when it was three years old.
The new dishwasher had to be repaired less than five years old.
Oh yes, these appliances are all made by GE, which brand won't ever be purchased by me again. I just hope some company out there does make good appliances.
They don't make stuff like they used to when it was all made in the USA.
Martha
Monday, January 24, 2011
Nosy? Or Sneaky!
Much has been said about Facebook's privacy or lack thereof, but Facebook isn't the only place that wants all of your personal details.
I subscribe to a number of RSS feed and some of them are about security.
One of the these feeds is offering a free 'unofficial guide to Facebook privacy'.
To get the guide all you have to do is fill out a form.
Facebook only requires your name, age and a valid email address.
Although your birth date is not required, looks like they want a lot of information just to get a Facebook privacy guide!
What a sneaky way to get your employment details! And what will they do with all that information if a user provides it?
Martha
I subscribe to a number of RSS feed and some of them are about security.
One of the these feeds is offering a free 'unofficial guide to Facebook privacy'.
To get the guide all you have to do is fill out a form.
Facebook only requires your name, age and a valid email address.
Although your birth date is not required, looks like they want a lot of information just to get a Facebook privacy guide!
What a sneaky way to get your employment details! And what will they do with all that information if a user provides it?
Martha
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Things 'As Seen on TV' That I Don't Want
There are a lot of these things I don't want.
I don't want a Snuggie. It might be OK, but the way it looks, it's long. Since it is long I suspect I would sooner or later trip over that long part and fall. If I used it, which I probably wouldn't.
I don't want a Chia pet, ever! I don't care what it is, I don't want one!
I certainly don't want a Clapper. 'Nuff said about that.
In fact, it is easier to say what I do want from things advertised on TV.
The list:
1.
That's it!
Martha
I don't want a Snuggie. It might be OK, but the way it looks, it's long. Since it is long I suspect I would sooner or later trip over that long part and fall. If I used it, which I probably wouldn't.
I don't want a Chia pet, ever! I don't care what it is, I don't want one!
I certainly don't want a Clapper. 'Nuff said about that.
In fact, it is easier to say what I do want from things advertised on TV.
The list:
1.
That's it!
Martha
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Gmail Blip?
Today I discovered something in Gmail that surely has me worried.
I use two Gmail accounts, one for personal stuff and the other for business related stuff. This has really worked just fine for the most part (except when I signed up for Coke Rewards and the spam gate opened!)
Generally Gmail handles the spam just fine. I do look in the spam folder as occasionally a legitimate email goes to the spam filter, but not often.
But today something odd happened. I have been having a problem with other websites hot-linking to my images so I have decided to 'watermark' all my images. I am not really graphics inclined and all of the watermark files I have made are ok for some, but not for others. So I have searched for a program that will do the trick for me and I found one reasonably priced so I bought it.
I of course had to provide an email address and I used the Gmail address I use for business.
I kept waiting for the confirmation email from the site, but it didn't show up. Don't know why I decided to look in the Trash folder, but I did and there was the email I waited for. In the Trash! I did NOT delete it! In fact there were three emails from the vendor. I could understand if I had found them in the Spam folder, but the Trash?
So now I am getting concerned about Gmail and I guess I will have to search the trash from now on. Hopefully this was a temporary blip, but now I feel I can't trust Gmail.
Martha
I use two Gmail accounts, one for personal stuff and the other for business related stuff. This has really worked just fine for the most part (except when I signed up for Coke Rewards and the spam gate opened!)
Generally Gmail handles the spam just fine. I do look in the spam folder as occasionally a legitimate email goes to the spam filter, but not often.
But today something odd happened. I have been having a problem with other websites hot-linking to my images so I have decided to 'watermark' all my images. I am not really graphics inclined and all of the watermark files I have made are ok for some, but not for others. So I have searched for a program that will do the trick for me and I found one reasonably priced so I bought it.
I of course had to provide an email address and I used the Gmail address I use for business.
I kept waiting for the confirmation email from the site, but it didn't show up. Don't know why I decided to look in the Trash folder, but I did and there was the email I waited for. In the Trash! I did NOT delete it! In fact there were three emails from the vendor. I could understand if I had found them in the Spam folder, but the Trash?
So now I am getting concerned about Gmail and I guess I will have to search the trash from now on. Hopefully this was a temporary blip, but now I feel I can't trust Gmail.
Martha
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Can Someone Please Tell Me Why?
Lee Harvey Oswald's used wooden coffin auctioned and sells for more than $87,000.
Is it just me or is this sick?
Martha
Is it just me or is this sick?
Martha
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
How About Some Imagination?
I'm talking Microsoft here!
They can't seem to come up with original names for their email clients and talk about confusion!
We have Outlook in Microsoft Office and Outlook Express in Windows XP and earlier versions of Windows. OK, that's not too bad, but still confuses lots of folks.
Messenger and Messenger Service was also confusing to a lot of us.(Not exactly email but still...)
In Vista we got Windows Mail. That was a bit buggy so they came up with Windows Live Mail. (That was certainly buggy for me!) Then to top it all off we get Windows Live Mail 2011!
Please, Microsoft, name the next email version something new!
Martha
They can't seem to come up with original names for their email clients and talk about confusion!
We have Outlook in Microsoft Office and Outlook Express in Windows XP and earlier versions of Windows. OK, that's not too bad, but still confuses lots of folks.
Messenger and Messenger Service was also confusing to a lot of us.(Not exactly email but still...)
In Vista we got Windows Mail. That was a bit buggy so they came up with Windows Live Mail. (That was certainly buggy for me!) Then to top it all off we get Windows Live Mail 2011!
Please, Microsoft, name the next email version something new!
Martha
Monday, November 15, 2010
Is the TSA Going Too Far?
Oh yes, they are. I am talking about the 'search' of passengers who fly. The initial 'pat downs' were bad enough. Now they are assaulting passengers in a way that would be considered a sexual assault and illegal anywhere else. Passenger Security Checkpoints
They are 'feeling up' people in a totally unacceptable way! It is absolutely outrageous! If the people don't protest to the powers that be it will surely continue.
I know the flying public wants to be safe when traveling. But I seriously doubt they want to be felt up.
Here is one would-be passenger's experience. TSA encounter at SAN
For what it's worth, I will never ever fly again until the TSA stops treating passengers this way! I predict air travel will diminish, trains, buses and auto travel will get an uptick.
Martha
They are 'feeling up' people in a totally unacceptable way! It is absolutely outrageous! If the people don't protest to the powers that be it will surely continue.
I know the flying public wants to be safe when traveling. But I seriously doubt they want to be felt up.
Here is one would-be passenger's experience. TSA encounter at SAN
For what it's worth, I will never ever fly again until the TSA stops treating passengers this way! I predict air travel will diminish, trains, buses and auto travel will get an uptick.
Martha
Friday, November 05, 2010
I really hate this stuff!
Robo calls. These are even worse when the robo caller doesn't recognize the answer machine or voice mail. (Do you hear me, Secure Horizons?) And the robo caller keeps calling and filling up my voice mail. Ugh!
It's bad enough when you call a customer service center (especially the phone company) and have to listen to some automated robot before you can get through to a real person. Now the robot is calling us!
The supermarket keeps re-arranging where stuff is located. Pressed for time I have to search all over the store for stuff I need.
All of a sudden stuff I am used to buying is no longer sold where I shop. I really hate this!
The product I want says '0 trans fat', but the ingredients (in teeny tiny letters) list 'partially hydrogenated oi'. Hey dummies, that's trans fat!
Those drug company commercials that want us to 'Ask your doctor'.
Those awful commercials that end up with folks in bathtubs in the middle of nowhere. For shame!
Victoria Secrets commercials. Just because. (I have never ever known or seen in person anyone with a figure like those models!)
There are more things that really bug me, but for now this is all I want to say.
Martha
It's bad enough when you call a customer service center (especially the phone company) and have to listen to some automated robot before you can get through to a real person. Now the robot is calling us!
The supermarket keeps re-arranging where stuff is located. Pressed for time I have to search all over the store for stuff I need.
All of a sudden stuff I am used to buying is no longer sold where I shop. I really hate this!
The product I want says '0 trans fat', but the ingredients (in teeny tiny letters) list 'partially hydrogenated oi'. Hey dummies, that's trans fat!
Those drug company commercials that want us to 'Ask your doctor'.
Those awful commercials that end up with folks in bathtubs in the middle of nowhere. For shame!
Victoria Secrets commercials. Just because. (I have never ever known or seen in person anyone with a figure like those models!)
There are more things that really bug me, but for now this is all I want to say.
Martha
Monday, October 25, 2010
Is the Internet making us gullible?
I keep getting an email from various friends and family about October having 5 Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. (This is true.) Then the email goes on to say "This happens once every 823 years." (Definitely NOT true!)
How can folks be so gullible!
Well if enough people say something, then folks start to believe it however ridiculous it may be. This is true of a lot of the junk emails getting sent around in cyberspace.
There are a number of sites that have taken the time to debunk (explain) the truth about this hoax. One is the Hoax Slayer and another is Snopes.
If people would just stop to think they might realize that some things just aren't realistic, common sense should tell us it wouldn't happen only every 823 years!
Martha
How can folks be so gullible!
Well if enough people say something, then folks start to believe it however ridiculous it may be. This is true of a lot of the junk emails getting sent around in cyberspace.
There are a number of sites that have taken the time to debunk (explain) the truth about this hoax. One is the Hoax Slayer and another is Snopes.
If people would just stop to think they might realize that some things just aren't realistic, common sense should tell us it wouldn't happen only every 823 years!
Martha
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Free (But only for your private information)
Some 'free' things are not free. If you have to provide your personal detail in order to receive information, it isn't free. Companies pay big bucks for user details, so many sites try to collect them. That's why there are so many social networking sites. They don't charge you a fee, but you pay with your details.
I am a fanatic about Facebook privacy. So when I saw this 'free' offer for "The (Very) Unoficial Guide to Facebook Privacy Free Guide", I bit.
But it isn't free. In order to get this guide I have to provide a LOT of personal information.
"Complete and verifiable information is required in order to receive this Guide."
I suspect the guide would tell me not to provide this kind of information to Facebook, but I think I'll just pass on this 'Free Guide'.
Can you say 'Hypocrite'?
Martha
I am a fanatic about Facebook privacy. So when I saw this 'free' offer for "The (Very) Unoficial Guide to Facebook Privacy Free Guide", I bit.
But it isn't free. In order to get this guide I have to provide a LOT of personal information.
"Complete and verifiable information is required in order to receive this Guide."
I suspect the guide would tell me not to provide this kind of information to Facebook, but I think I'll just pass on this 'Free Guide'.
Can you say 'Hypocrite'?
Martha
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The Faster My Internet Connection, The Slower It Gets
So why is that? It's because of all those external ad servers! More all the time. Sometimes there are so many ads on a site it's hard to find any content.
I know folks need to pay the bills, but give me a break, enough already! First there is intelli-text with those irritating boxes that jump up and obscure what you want to see. It's not just personal sites either. Even CNN uses intelli-text!
I read a lot of stuff online, but sometimes it gets frustrating when I have to wait for all those ad servers to finish loading.
Just a few that I have waited for today:
Downloading data from apimg.video.ap.org
Downloading data from core.videoegg.com
Downloading data from cdn.eyewonder.com
Downloading data from s0.2mdn.net
Downloading data from puma.vizu.com
Downloading data from ads.yldmgrimg.net
There were more, but they loaded so fast I couldn't read them all.
Today I am waiting and waiting.........Trying to view Environmental Graffiti! The bar at the bottom of my browser says 'Waiting for dig.com'. Why? I have no idea!
Now it says Transferring data from scribol.com...' Waiting for zulu.tweetmeme.com... I just don't have time for all this 'Waiting for', so I will pass on this today and just mark those feeds as read. maybe I will try again later, but probably not.
Martha
I know folks need to pay the bills, but give me a break, enough already! First there is intelli-text with those irritating boxes that jump up and obscure what you want to see. It's not just personal sites either. Even CNN uses intelli-text!
I read a lot of stuff online, but sometimes it gets frustrating when I have to wait for all those ad servers to finish loading.
Just a few that I have waited for today:
Downloading data from apimg.video.ap.org
Downloading data from core.videoegg.com
Downloading data from cdn.eyewonder.com
Downloading data from s0.2mdn.net
Downloading data from puma.vizu.com
Downloading data from ads.yldmgrimg.net
There were more, but they loaded so fast I couldn't read them all.
Today I am waiting and waiting.........Trying to view Environmental Graffiti! The bar at the bottom of my browser says 'Waiting for dig.com'. Why? I have no idea!
Now it says Transferring data from scribol.com...' Waiting for zulu.tweetmeme.com... I just don't have time for all this 'Waiting for', so I will pass on this today and just mark those feeds as read. maybe I will try again later, but probably not.
Martha
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
A Mattress Myth
Does a mattress double its weight due to dust mites and their debris? Folks that sell mattresses tell us it will. They go on to say it will double the weight in 8 years (or 10 depending on the ad).
I don't think so! And I am not the only one not buying into this myth, either.
The Straight Dope sets us straight.
I didn't really need someone to tell me it wasn't true, but it's nice someone did!
Marketing folks will latch onto any myth if they think it will help them sell something. Buyers beware!
Martha
I don't think so! And I am not the only one not buying into this myth, either.
The Straight Dope sets us straight.
I didn't really need someone to tell me it wasn't true, but it's nice someone did!
Marketing folks will latch onto any myth if they think it will help them sell something. Buyers beware!
Martha
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
Another example of why our schools are so far behind other countries. The people running the show have no common sense as evidenced by this incident, Toy gun leads to Florida boy's expulsion.
Read more of the idiotic 'zero policies' enacted by the idiots running the schools.
Rules need to be enforced, but circumstances must always be considered. Is it any wonder our kids are not competing with the world? They think and rightly so, the powers that govern their lives make no sense, so why should they care?
I read about this stuff in total amazement that we trust our children's education and futures to such total stupidity.
Martha
Read more of the idiotic 'zero policies' enacted by the idiots running the schools.
Rules need to be enforced, but circumstances must always be considered. Is it any wonder our kids are not competing with the world? They think and rightly so, the powers that govern their lives make no sense, so why should they care?
I read about this stuff in total amazement that we trust our children's education and futures to such total stupidity.
Martha
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Dumb Things People Do
This list could be really long, but I will try not to get too wordy. I have to admit, sometimes I do dumb things as well. But then doesn't everyone?
One really dumb thing people to is park their expensive cars on the driveway because the garage is full of junk worth maybe a few hundred dollars. Dumb!
If a person drives 20 miles to save 3 cents on a gallon of gas, that's dumb!
Another really dumb thing people do is buy stuff from spam emails. If no one bought anything from spam, before long there wouldn't be much spam. Of course there would still be some unwanted emails from Grouply and so-called social sites, but that is a drop in the bucket compared to the spam we get now.
A really dumb thing people do is sign up for those so-called social sites without knowing or understanding what those sites will do. The part I have a problem with is importing all those users' contacts from their email programs. Yikes, what a spam collectors dream!
The latest dumb thing I did was delete the wrong file from my Documents. It held all my email for Windows Live Mail. I am consoling myself with the fact that that I think Windows Live Mail is buggy anyway, and most of the emails were really not worth hanging onto. I was planning on uninstalling it anyway.
I think I will take it easy today so I won't do anything dumb.
Martha
One really dumb thing people to is park their expensive cars on the driveway because the garage is full of junk worth maybe a few hundred dollars. Dumb!
If a person drives 20 miles to save 3 cents on a gallon of gas, that's dumb!
Another really dumb thing people do is buy stuff from spam emails. If no one bought anything from spam, before long there wouldn't be much spam. Of course there would still be some unwanted emails from Grouply and so-called social sites, but that is a drop in the bucket compared to the spam we get now.
A really dumb thing people do is sign up for those so-called social sites without knowing or understanding what those sites will do. The part I have a problem with is importing all those users' contacts from their email programs. Yikes, what a spam collectors dream!
The latest dumb thing I did was delete the wrong file from my Documents. It held all my email for Windows Live Mail. I am consoling myself with the fact that that I think Windows Live Mail is buggy anyway, and most of the emails were really not worth hanging onto. I was planning on uninstalling it anyway.
I think I will take it easy today so I won't do anything dumb.
Martha
Sunday, September 05, 2010
Something to Think About (Social Networks)
Never give your email password to one of these sites! While you are signing up, read everything very carefully! Do NOT get in a hurry and just keep clicking 'Next' without reading! This can cause you to send 'invitations' to everyone in your address book and make a lot of folks really mad at you!
If you belong to a Yahoo Group and you give one of these sites the login and password to your email account, this social network (including Facebook) will spam the Yahoo Group and maybe most of the members. This kind of stuff will, of course, get you banned as most folks don't like being spammed, especially the group owner/moderators.
You can join one of these groups without offering up your email security (password). Most if not all have a 'skip this' option.
If you think about it, how do you know what those sites will do with your email password? I know, most of them say they won't store it. That, my friends, may be a big fat lie! If they don't store it, then why do I keep getting reminders in my email that someone has invited me to join them on Facebook! They at least still have all those email addresses so they can spam everyone over and over again all the folks who don't join them on Facebook!
Another thought; who's to say someone who has access to that spammer's delight of a humongous email database might decide to 'cash in' and sell that list?
So if you have foolishly given that social network the login and password so they can access your address book, at least undo the damage and change the password to your email account. And while you are at it, make that password really hard to guess to prevent a scumbag from hacking your email account!
Martha
If you belong to a Yahoo Group and you give one of these sites the login and password to your email account, this social network (including Facebook) will spam the Yahoo Group and maybe most of the members. This kind of stuff will, of course, get you banned as most folks don't like being spammed, especially the group owner/moderators.
You can join one of these groups without offering up your email security (password). Most if not all have a 'skip this' option.
If you think about it, how do you know what those sites will do with your email password? I know, most of them say they won't store it. That, my friends, may be a big fat lie! If they don't store it, then why do I keep getting reminders in my email that someone has invited me to join them on Facebook! They at least still have all those email addresses so they can spam everyone over and over again all the folks who don't join them on Facebook!
Another thought; who's to say someone who has access to that spammer's delight of a humongous email database might decide to 'cash in' and sell that list?
So if you have foolishly given that social network the login and password so they can access your address book, at least undo the damage and change the password to your email account. And while you are at it, make that password really hard to guess to prevent a scumbag from hacking your email account!
Martha
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