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Well?
Yes, good idea. Think I might do that as well... 28%  28%  [ 5 ]
Yes, good idea. Think I might do that as well... 28%  28%  [ 5 ]
No, I know programming and your info is safe. No worries. 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
No, I know programming and your info is safe. No worries. 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
Nah, I'm lazy and I don't care. 11%  11%  [ 2 ]
Nah, I'm lazy and I don't care. 11%  11%  [ 2 ]
Um... I'll think about it. (I despise change.) 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
Um... I'll think about it. (I despise change.) 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
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20 Oct 2005, 12:11 pm

I have just removed all my personal contact information from my Profile, for caution's sake. I don't know much about hacking, but I'm not taking any chances.

I'll put it all back up once this whole thing is cleared.

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20 Oct 2005, 12:26 pm

Pfft. Anything I post here is already vurnable to hacker attack, so I don't care.


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20 Oct 2005, 4:00 pm

It's not hackers I worry about, it's the general public, which is why I've removed any identifying contact info from my profile. Any sufficiently determined hacker could get at my private info (little good it would do them, I'm not hiding much of value to them. Yay, so they get another email to spam?).

If you're seriously concerned about hackers though, keep the info off the site, don't just put it back later, because we've been hacked several times over the course of months.



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20 Oct 2005, 5:00 pm

I've kept everything from my profile and info that I would be really worried about someone hacking into. I also have a mickey-mouse password here anyway; it's not the one I use on places that I feel the need to be super-security-cautious.



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20 Oct 2005, 5:18 pm

Serissa wrote:
...I also have a mickey-mouse password here anyway...


You mean like: 'c'mon Pluto'? :wink:


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20 Oct 2005, 5:53 pm

duncvis wrote:
Serissa wrote:
...I also have a mickey-mouse password here anyway...


You mean like: 'c'mon Pluto'? :wink:


Like, not top-security. For quick typing and easy remembering. What si someone gonna be able to do from here except post a bunch of evil stuff that I don't really want to say? ((And who would spend the time to try to hack me to do that anyway?))



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20 Oct 2005, 5:56 pm

Pfft...I've already posted my real name here, and no one's found me yet. It's absurdly common, so I could care less about my info. What's so secret about my info anyway?
"Eww...fancy, this guy has a screen name on AIM too."


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20 Oct 2005, 8:20 pm

BTW, someone added me to their MSN and I accepted thinking I would find out who it was. No one answered. So I blocked them until I found out who they are.

It wasn't anyone here, by the name of Hannah???


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21 Oct 2005, 8:09 am

Hannah Capps?


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21 Oct 2005, 11:58 am

Eh, I don't have to worry about anything since my alias is an old bald guy! :lol:



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21 Oct 2005, 7:52 pm

Yep, talked to Hannah. It was her (she). Everything's ducky again. :D


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