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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWarning! Don't ever give any else your
screen name or password.
I've made this mistake far too many times over the years.
Trust me on this.
DON'T EVER GIVE YOUR SCREEN NAME AND PASSWORD TO ANYONE.
As I have learned, more than once, others, that you believe you can trust, can make you look like a fool by usiing your screen name and password. You may or may not be a fool, but do you really want that judgement to be in the hands of others?
Protect your privacy. It's one of the few things you have left in this world.
Wounded Bear
(58,437 posts)Iggo
(47,486 posts)Cyrano
(15,020 posts)Over time, we all come to trust a limited group of friends. And then we have one too many drinks, weed, or whatever, and passwords, and so much else, would come out.
Most of us aren't in the CIA, the FBI, NSA. or any of the alphabet soup organizations where you get shot for revealing screen names, passwords, etc.
Then again, most of us are not as paranoid as we pehaps should be.
So yeah, I spit out a password to some "trusted friend."
What now? Do we never trust anyone again? Do we never again trust a friend? Do we never again open our mouths and speak about any subject in front of any stranger? Do we become characters in George Orwell's "1984?"
Is this what we've become? Is this what we now are?
Sorry, but that's not the life/world I want to be a part of.
Iggo
(47,486 posts)LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)That's just asking for trouble!
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)braddy
(3,585 posts)liberal N proud
(60,298 posts)And we share political views.
Orrex
(63,084 posts)And my password isn't SWORDFISH.
Generator
(7,770 posts)But cell phones are evil. I just use one to call the few people I want when I want and they can call me if I am EXPECTING them to call or for emergencies and yes-travel. Though amazingly got by in Mexico for two weeks without one. I don't give the number to everyone. I don't have apps that control my heat and remind me of my banking and every other damn thing. And I don't live with it on my person at all times like a breathing aide. Here's a tip-everyone has one-you can borrow theirs if you need to.