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From: Pd on 6 May 2010 15:43 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > Proof: <http://bit.ly/b6OwmF> > > > > > > <gasp!> Oh noes! We is ruined! > > > > I wouldn't know, since not being stupid, I'm certainly not going to > > follow a link looking like that. > > > > However, Jim's doing his usual job of `Oh dear, now I've been found out, > > I'll switch to sneering childishly'. > > > > You really do need to grow up, Jim. > > You really need to follow that link rather than just post an insult > based on what you *assume* I mean. Dear boy. That rather depends on the desired outcome. > And just to help you out (aren't I kind?) here's the expanded link: > <http://twitpic.com/1lh4ne/full> > Happy now? Good. Damn you, my url obfuscation is laid bare. -- Pd
From: J. J. Lodder on 6 May 2010 16:28 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > [snip] > > > > [1] Except for Stefan Haller, author of MacSoup, who has not equipped > > > that particular bit of software with anything to spy on users, no matter > > > what any clearly mad and apparently Dutch people might claim. > > > > Sure, you have to activate the spyware feature yourself. > > But we've been over that before, > > For those who might be worried: > > Jan thinks that MacSoup is `spyware' because when you post to Usenet, it > includes a User-Agent header, which secretly informs some secret agency > all about your personal, private information. Speak for yourself. > Well, actually, it > doesn't - it just tells the world that you are using MacSoup. Nothing wrong with a vanity tag. > If that's spyware, then Jan's a Togolese. Again, speak for yourself, don't try to tell the world what I might have said, in your opinion, Jan
From: J. J. Lodder on 6 May 2010 16:28 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-05-06 18:36:32 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) said: > > > James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > > > >> Thanks, I was a little curious as to what was meant by the spyware. Thanks. > > > > Specifically, it tells the world what version of the MacOS you're using. > > > > I've had this filed under "who the Hell cares" for a long, long time. > > > > Jim > > Fair enough. I wonder what is actually gained though? Why should the > specific OS version be important? It is completely unimporatnt, but it is WRONG to publish information about others, without asking them, or allowing them to say no. Jan
From: Rowland McDonnell on 8 May 2010 20:08 J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > > > Basil Jet <johnr(a)journeyflow.spamspam.com> wrote: > > > > > > > J. J. Lodder wrote: > > > > > Basil Jet<johnr(a)journeyflow.spamspam.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> As someone who recently migrated from PCs, I'd like to start doing > > > > >> internet banking on my Mac... how can I check my Mac for snooping > > > > >> software? > > > > > > > > > > Don't worry, be happy. > > > > > > > > > > You've got a Mac, remember? > > > > > > > > I'm new to this, remember. I don't want to be paranoid but I don't want > > > > to be naive either. > > > > > > If you don't respond to phishing emails > > > you should be perfectly safe, > > > > Only if you also download nothing from the P2P networks. > > > > I've not heard of Macs being infected via emails. > > I've heard of bank accounts being emptied by phishing. > Having a Mac has nothing to do with it. > It is all caused by having your email adress given away > by windoze computers whch were broken into. Which is a good way of warning people that the sort of computer they have is irrelevant to the fact that they remain vulnerable to computer-based crime and other anti-social behaviour. To put it another way: your suggestion that one should not worry because he has a Mac is reckessly bad advice if only because no matter how secure the software might be, the user is always a weak point and fraud is therefore possible. And with computers, fraud can put dodgy software on your computer leading to endless *hidden* trouble. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim on 9 May 2010 03:00
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: <snip the usual> So did you actually follow the link? I'm guessing 'no'. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ |