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Cyrano

(15,020 posts)
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 03:38 PM Jan 2017

Warning! 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.

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Warning! Don't ever give any else your (Original Post) Cyrano Jan 2017 OP
K & R ......for PSA...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #1
Password? Iggo Jan 2017 #2
Yeah, password Cyrano Jan 2017 #6
No. I was asking you for your password. Iggo Jan 2017 #7
Why on earth would you give anyone your password? LeftofObama Jan 2017 #3
Seriously. This is just basic Internet protocol. You do not give out passwords, EVER anneboleyn Jan 2017 #8
I will never release my screen name, it is in the vault. braddy Jan 2017 #4
My wife doesnt even know my screen name liberal N proud Jan 2017 #5
My screen name isn't Orrex Orrex Jan 2017 #9
Also I know this isn't popular Generator Jan 2017 #10

Cyrano

(15,020 posts)
6. Yeah, password
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 04:03 PM
Jan 2017

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.





 

Generator

(7,770 posts)
10. Also I know this isn't popular
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 04:28 PM
Jan 2017

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.

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