Sure.....let me know what you can find, just don't post it on this forum. Maybe send me a PM or something?
I'm sure my address and other info is out there somewhere.
I'm sure my address and other info is out there somewhere.
I am with you on this one.apollosmith said:Do you have concerns about posting personal information online. I'm not talking about using your credit card online and such, but about posting very basic, non-uniquely identifying things like your name.
I frequent a popular photography forum where people post personal photos - often of their children, wives, cars, expensive electronics, etc. I suggested that posting such pictures online could make them subject to robbery or worse. Nearly everyone believed that nobody could ever find their house or identify them uniquely by posting stuff online.
I challenged them to let me see what information I could obtain about them using nothing more than what was posted in the forum and using only the internet as a tool. I was able to post satellite images of the homes of about 75% of those that took up the challenge. It surprised even me.
So, do you worry about things like this? I know a lot of folks here use their real names - something I don't do (though it wouldn't take much effort to find it). And would anybody like to see if I can find enough about them to post a satellite photo of their home?
:shock:apollosmith said:promises of sexual violence even against my toddler daughter.
You can get down to the ISP and what local CoLo/Router they are on, but that is it. You would probobly be able to figure out what city/area I was surfing from, but nothing more unless you somehow had access to the ISP's information linking the leased IP/MAC Address of your hardware to your physical address.yung1s said:I heard somewhere that you can still track down people by their IP address. If that's the case, then the only real way to keep annonymous is by ONLY posting at a public library (I think :?)
Country/State/City/Zip is all pretty easy to get and can be done by (I would guess) about 20% of active internet users. Name/address/etc takes a lot more work and is limited to (again just guessing) 5% or less and of that 5% only 1% would even care to do so. It would be much easier for someone to just hack into your computer then track you by your IPNotSoSimple said:You can get down to the ISP and what local CoLo/Router they are on, but that is it. You would probobly be able to figure out what city/area I was surfing from, but nothing more unless you somehow had access to the ISP's information linking the leased IP/MAC Address of your hardware to your physical address.yung1s said:I heard somewhere that you can still track down people by their IP address. If that's the case, then the only real way to keep annonymous is by ONLY posting at a public library (I think :?)
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Great advice in the post above.bane said:1) If you have wireless, put a password on it... there are a whole slew of security features but if you don't want to worry about learning all of that, just enable the most basic and easiest security your transmitter has and then set the password to something reasonably difficult like they make you do at work.
I'll take that challenge. Jabber/XMPP IM ID: [email protected]xmirage2kx said:I know if I wanted your info I would convince you to open your computer to me (file sharing program, IM window, Video chat, etc) once you let me in I would plant a program that would email me your keystrokes, send your internet activity, maybe even send screenshots of any HTTPS:// site you visit. I would also perform a search for your registry files and anything containing your name. If I really wanted to get mean I would replace your anti-virus program with a copy that doesn’t do anything, but still acts exactly the same, install a program that will distribute spam and viruses to anyone on your email list allowing me to gain access to all their computers too.
Hacking your system might be a bit of a stretch, but it did take me no more than 1.5 minutes to look at your house in Google Earth.swillden said:I'll take that challenge. Jabber/XMPP IM ID: [email protected]xmirage2kx said:I know if I wanted your info I would convince you to open your computer to me (file sharing program, IM window, Video chat, etc) once you let me in I would plant a program that would email me your keystrokes, send your internet activity, maybe even send screenshots of any HTTPS:// site you visit. I would also perform a search for your registry files and anything containing your name. If I really wanted to get mean I would replace your anti-virus program with a copy that doesn’t do anything, but still acts exactly the same, install a program that will distribute spam and viruses to anyone on your email list allowing me to gain access to all their computers too.
You should come over sometime!apollosmith said:Hacking your system might be a bit of a stretch, but it did take me no more than 1.5 minutes to look at your house in Google Earth.swillden said:I'll take that challenge. Jabber/XMPP IM ID: [email protected]xmirage2kx said:I know if I wanted your info I would convince you to open your computer to me (file sharing program, IM window, Video chat, etc) once you let me in I would plant a program that would email me your keystrokes, send your internet activity, maybe even send screenshots of any HTTPS:// site you visit. I would also perform a search for your registry files and anything containing your name. If I really wanted to get mean I would replace your anti-virus program with a copy that doesn’t do anything, but still acts exactly the same, install a program that will distribute spam and viruses to anyone on your email list allowing me to gain access to all their computers too.
found out a lot about you, enough that I won't post it here, but I will email you and you can post how right or wrong I am on here. it took longer to write up a quick summary then to find all this info.swillden said:I'll take that challenge. Jabber/XMPP IM ID: [email protected]xmirage2kx said:I know if I wanted your info I would convince you to open your computer to me (file sharing program, IM window, Video chat, etc) once you let me in I would plant a program that would email me your keystrokes, send your internet activity, maybe even send screenshots of any HTTPS:// site you visit. I would also perform a search for your registry files and anything containing your name. If I really wanted to get mean I would replace your anti-virus program with a copy that doesn’t do anything, but still acts exactly the same, install a program that will distribute spam and viruses to anyone on your email list allowing me to gain access to all their computers too.
The only problem here is that if someone uses your AP to do something illegal (look at child porn or something else), you can be held legally responsible. If you encrypt your AP, you have a means to show that you at least attempted to prevent illegal use of your internet connection. If you really want to share your internet, there are better ways than just leaving your AP open. You can make your house a FON Spot which allows you to use local and international hot spots for free, plus make a little money on the side. I would recommend not leaving your AP open. It's not just what OS you use and whether someone can "hack your system", but also packet sniffing your internet browsing and email - you don't want people to see that stuff.swillden said:my WiFi AP is unencrypted. I appreciate the occasional use of others' open APs, and I think it's just polite to return the favor.