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Posted by Phil Weldon on July 27, 2007, 8:00 pm
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'BoaterDave' wrote, in part:
| That since having had my identity stolen some two years ago (on-line
| Paypay/ebay) I have switched ISP, installed a router and connect
wirelessly.
| I use a Security Suite and the other software I mentioned and am now also
| reasonably adept with HiJackThis. I never stray to 'bad' sites either when
| on the web.
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'Trust' on line, hmm. For newsgroups, technical newsgroups that have a
connection to computer security and vulnerability, well, I judge on
does a mature individual seem to be behind the posts?
is advice given in post agree with facts I know to be true?
history in newsgroups (a Usenet newsgroup archive will contain almost
every Usenet newsgroup message posted in the last 25 years, searchable by
author)
'peer group' effect - bad advice is usually pointed out very quickly
the less I know about a subject, the more skeptical I am of advice (no
matter what the medium)
does the poster take responsibility for postings?
You seem to properly take Internet security seriously. As for 'Papal, I get
enough 'pishing' Papal emails that I just ignore them all; same goes for any
email that purports to be from my bank. If any institution REALLY needs
important information from me they will just have to use a different medium.
I've never suffered from 'identity theft', though my brother had his credit
card information during hotel registration; that information was used to
open an ISP account, and then to open an Internet gambling account. The
credit card issuer had software that tracked usage patterns, flagged the
Internet gambling account and immediately contacted him. That proactive
security is becoming more common and more sophisticated; for example, it is
impossible here to purchase gasoline more that three times in a few hours
using the same credit card.
Finally, sorry for the all the USA specific remarks - I hadn't picked up on
your spelling B^)
Phil Weldon
| Phil - I take in what you say, but would add ...............
|
| That since having had my identity stolen some two years ago (on-line
| Paypay/ebay) I have switched ISP, installed a router and connect
wirelessly.
| I use a Security Suite and the other software I mentioned and am now also
| reasonably adept with HiJackThis. I never stray to 'bad' sites either when
| on the web.
|
| About an hour ago, my doorbell rang. Outside was a policeman. He was
invited
| indoors.
| He questioned my wife and me about our next door neighbour - a young man
| aged about 30 or so. He had evidently been taken into hospital (for
reasons
| not disclosed to us) and had later dischared himself - he had subsequently
| disappeared without trace.
|
| All we really knew about him was that his name was Dan, that he'd fairly
| recently dropped out of horticultural college and didn't see eye-to-eye
with
| his parents who live somewhere in Wales. He was a rather disturbed young
guy
| who kept himself very much to himself and didn't really want to
communicate.
| He's lived alongside us for the best part of 12 months and that's really
all
| we knew about him. We felt rather embarrased.
|
| How much do you know about your neighbour(s) ............. and those you
| 'trust' on-line?
|
| FWIW
|
| David
|
|
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| > 'BoaterDave' wrote:
| > | I'm actually using the McAfee Internet Security Suite supplied (at
extra
| > | cost!) with my AOL (UK) subscription
| > | + Windows Defender, AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 and Ad-Aware 2007 - all up to
| > date
| > | on Windows XP Home, SP2 and all updates.
| > |
| > | I was referring in my comment to those on another newsgroup who seem
| > adamant
| > | that they can identify me regardless of my selected 'nick' for posting
| > | purposes. If my IP doesn't give me away, I was wondering what other
| > 'spy'
| > | might be being used to identify me.
| > _____
| >
| > And I gave you methods!
| > I guess another method would be
| > get the IP address from a recently posted newsgroup message
| > launch an attack on that IP address through the Internet
| > exploit a vulnerability to take control of your system
| > rifle through your files
| > export information over the Intern | 
