Has my private information been compromised here? - RV-Dreams Community Forum

Millie · RV-Dreams Family Member

Has my private information been compromised here?

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

If you surf the internet , your search engine stores your looking habits and directs ads that may interest you according to your searches. Seeing your an RVer thats what you will get.

it s kinda like the ads at the top of the page.......I searched Cell phones the other day for a couple hours , now I get cell phone ads.

my e-mail addy is on my posts and harvesters (computers that ID) find this addy and send me junk mail.....its part of the internet.

its kinda like your postal box.....junk mail cant be stopped its gonna keep coming no matter what , you just have to sort thru it!!

Of course on the same end ,Im also an Evil one and have a program that I insert the E-mailer that sent me the crap and WALLAh!!!......they get signed up for all kinds of porn ,junk mail & virus applications......(Special Thanks to my M.I.T friends)

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

My niece checked the Gibson link to see if her Snapchat account was compromised and it was not. Only some Snapchat accounts had problems, and if yours was one than you should change your Snapchat password. But that should not affect your password here unless you used the same username and password and somehow they knew you had an account here (and cared).

Millie · RV-Dreams Family Member

Lucky Mike wrote:
If you surf the internet , your search engine stores your looking habits and directs ads that may interest you according to your searches. Seeing your an RVer thats what you will get.

it s kinda like the ads at the top of the page.......I searched Cell phones the other day for a couple hours , now I get cell phone ads.

my e-mail addy is on my posts and harvesters (computers that ID) find this addy and send me junk mail.....its part of the internet.

its kinda like your postal box.....junk mail cant be stopped its gonna keep coming no matter what , you just have to sort thru it!!

Of course on the same end ,Im also an Evil one and have a program that I insert the E-mailer that sent me the crap and WALLAh!!!......they get signed up for all kinds of porn ,junk mail & virus applications......(Special Thanks to my M.I.T friends)

Yes. I know about that ad stuff, Mike.

...but, I thought it 'serious' because my anti-virus informed 'confirmation' with a pop-up message, that usually only informs me 'daily' that my anti-virus has been updated.

Millie · RV-Dreams Family Member

bjoyce wrote:
My niece checked the Gibson link to see if her Snapchat account was compromised and it was not. Only some Snapchat accounts had problems, and if yours was one than you should change your Snapchat password. But that should not affect your password here unless you used the same username and password and somehow they knew you had an account here (and cared).

But, I don't even have a Snapchat account, that I'm aware of, to change the password, Joyce!

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

Looks like they have you figured out.........time to change all your passwords, delete your accounts,add 2 more firewalls and hope for the best......dont forget the roll of tin foil.... biggrin confuse biggrin biggrin .......

Millie · RV-Dreams Family Member

Lucky Mike wrote:
Looks like they have you figured out.........time to change all your passwords, delete your accounts,add 2 more firewalls and hope for the best......dont forget the roll of tin foil...........

I don't like your attitude.

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

Me either......but I have medication & therapy for that biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

SnowGypsy · RV-Dreams Family Member

What about a Skype account? http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/04/opinion/wisniewski-skype-snapchat/index.html We do what we can do and buy the best, or perceived best anti-virus and other programs that my husband says we need and just go from there.

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

There are fake pop-ups out there, especially while browsing the internet. They spoof your anti-virus, as Windows update, as Google Chrome update, most of which do not ask you to click on them when they put up a pop up. I have had a couple relatives click on them and end up with bad stuff. If you get a pop up, don't click on it, go to the anti-virus or whatever it is directly.

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

SnowGypsy wrote:
What about a Skype account? http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/04/opinion/wisniewski-skype-snapchat/index.html We do what we can do and buy the best, or perceived best anti-virus and other programs that my husband says we need and just go from there.

If you read the article you would find out it was the Skype Twitter account, not Skype that was compromised and it was done the old fashioned way, they got the password from a Skype employee via trickery. With both the Snapchat and Skype problem, no user could have protected themselves. Just like the recent Target security breach, the problem was with those who we safeguard and not ourselves, computers, etc. There is no program you can run on your own computer that will protect you from someone else's problem becoming your own.

Was private information compromised here? I don't think so. Can it get compromised elsewhere? Yes. My best advice is don't use the same password everywhere and mix up the usernames. That way if somehow they get one username/password combination, they don't have them all. I used Lastpass to manage my passwords and yes, it is cloud based. But I need to get to those unique passwords and usernames on my smartphone and my computers. Worth $12 a year to myself and my wife. Opt in to two stage authentication, let them send you a text or email to two accounts to really make sure it is you when you change passwords. More hassle, but much harder for them to spoof being you.

Russ Ranger · RV-Dreams Family Member

Thanks Lucky Mike,

Best laugh of the day.....or maybe the week. I'm going to get my roll of tin foil just to be prepared.

Alie and Jims Carrilite · RV-Dreams Family Member

My anti-virus never runs a pop-up. If there is an issue with an incoming message or download the icon starts flashing in the bottom right corner of my screen on whatever that bar is called. I change my passwords regularly.

SnowGypsy · RV-Dreams Family Member

I prefer low-tech. Yahoo compromised accounts some time back and both of our accounts started sending out spam which didn't originate from us. Then, while our cell phone service was down for updates that took 3 days instead of 1, Yahoo shut down both accounts for investigation. We switched from Yahoo and Sprint. I now see a real advantage to changing email addresses and keeping one for those times that you must give one and don't want to.

Dog Folks · RV-Dreams Family Member

Millie wrote:
Lucky Mike wrote:
Looks like they have you figured out.........time to change all your passwords, delete your accounts,add 2 more firewalls and hope for the best......dont forget the roll of tin foil...........

I don't like your attitude.

Based on some of your other posts, yours isn't the best either. He is just kidding you.

-- Edited by Dog Folks on Monday 6th of January 2014 11:03:42 AM

Russ Ranger · RV-Dreams Family Member

Mike wasn't serious? I've already gone and purchased my tin foil. I've made my hat and I've wrapped my computer. And now your telling me he was just kidding.

I thought if it was written on a blog or Facebook it had to be true. Oh well as they say on the Verizon commercial, "Bon Jour".

Dog Folks · RV-Dreams Family Member

Russ Ranger wrote:
Mike wasn't serious? I've already gone and purchased my tin foil. I've made my hat and I've wrapped my computer. And now your telling me he was just kidding.

I thought if it was written on a blog or Facebook it had to be true. Oh well as they say on the Verizon commercial, "Bon Jour".

Look at this way, you are ready, either way.

Don't forget the hat for the dog.

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

I went the extra mile.........I put blinking LED lights around the RV so they will be able to land in the dark!!!....(@#%&...The wind just blew my good foil hat off!!!)

Frac999 · RV-Dreams Family Member

I always used clothes hangers

-- Edited by Frac999 on Sunday 19th of January 2014 07:18:31 PM

BiggarView · RV-Dreams Family Member

Looks like there yet another use for duct tape!!!

biggrin biggrin

Deb-Gary · RV-Dreams Community Member

Not that there is anything WRONG about wearing a tin hat !!!!!!!! It matches my hair color!