Hi! A friendly reminder to please not post any info that is identifiable such as account numbers, addresses, SS#, etc.

We want to keep everybody safe here!!!

Thanks!!!

You should make this a sticky (if you haven't already)..because I know you've had to mention this before haven't you?

Yeah, you never know if Creditor's are reading the forum as well.....lol, that may be far fetched and there may not be much they could do, but I wouldn't want them knowing what I'm doing.

Yes, thank you, that will help!

They read it - we can see the domain names. :wink:

You mean "Pooky" is his real name!!!

LOTFLMAO!!

they read this? can someone pm me and tell me more about this? it is worrying me

I did...

Me too, Nana

This is a public board - anyone can read it. They read all the others too.

Just don't post your own personal identifying info. Otherwise, there's no risk. If you have something you want to discuss in real privacy, we can give you a hidden board, that no one can read except the people you invite.

Thank you. I feel a bit better now. I AM going through old posts now though...just to make sure I havent slipped up. I do feel a bit strange about giving true dates on items too...maybe its just me. Cant be too careful!

Breeze - what did you find out about uploading that photo for it to post in my signature line? I want a pretty photo like yours too.

Breeze... does that mean that you guys are having conversations.... without me??? :oops: :cry: :oops: :cry: :roll: :cry: :oops: :cry: :oops:

um, whenever I post info, Even the date of an inquiry, I change the date... for privacy's sake....

jc, yahoo screwed up my account, I am waiting for them to remove the charge for the service they say I cancelled (I didn't), so I can order it again. I have your picture, if someone else want to put it up for you. Otherwise, I emailed yahoo Thursday, waiting for an answer.

Nana has a site has put some stuff up for others, ask her, and I will send her the picture. It isn't real big or anything.

Sure.....send me the photo..I'll upload it for ya...

Just sent it! Check your email.

breeze.... why are you always making me soooo jealous with that picture??? :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

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I'd rather be at the beach

LMAO!! Sorry, hehe

I sent NanaSi a different one

I think its a wee bit better...

I haven't gotten it..

The file is probably too big -

jc, give Nana the URL for your pix, tell her which one, and let her get it there.

I think we're fixed..is it not showing? I'm getting it here..

Hi, I'm Sassy!!!!!!!!!!

I'm about 1/2" long with a big toothy grin.

My smiley skin color of choice is aqua-ish bordering on turquoise.

My halo requires frequent adjustments.

My wings flap 100+ wpm on the keyboard.

I'm a pisces but so far angels don't have birthdates. I suppose I could use the date that I was poached from some other site online.

Besides, I'm ageless.

I have no driver's license because I fly above the roads!

No Social I wasn't tagged at birth (see above) and since I'm poached that really makes me a clone, which could get complicated.

No one accepts wing prints yet, though I'm sure exp is pursuing it.

And ummmmmmm, I guess that's all the personal information that I can't share :wink:

Sassy

I wonder why jc's signature isn't showing - I checked, everything is set up correctly.

Trying the link:

breeze...

You SURE you don't wanna start using that "other" beach pic in your sig??

Unhh, no. thanks anyway.

besides I don't look like that. :wink:

On Topic:


I use approximate amounts, or give exact amounts that are false.

I never give dates closer than the month. I should think about using false months as well. This doesn't interfere with discussing important issues, and helps keep the CA/CRA spies, fellow travelers, and authoritarian people-haters off your back.

If something happened today, you should say it happened yesterday. Or post it tomorrow as if it happened tomorrow.

arfffff -

I could use some fog right now. All we have here in Arizona is smoke from another forest fire.

Hot+Dry=Forest Fire

On Topic:

Some people have signatures that with a little investigation anyone can come up with the real name.

Be careful with your signatures.

It'd be neat to have a list posted once a month of the "nslookup" results of all IP addresses coming into this board. I suspect a lot of us would be more careful about what we discuss.

LOL, that's a thought. Perhaps it would be a deterrent, hehe.

On the other hand, on some boards where I've posted, there was actually an employee who worked for one of the infamous companies, who was trying to repair his credit, tee hee. And, I actually corresponded for a while with an employee of Fair Isaac, who was having troubles.

"nslookup"

ns=National Socialist?

Unnnnnh no - name server - whois query

:?:
Not to be even more paranoid than I usually am-- but-- if I visit this site through a link on my website, and I am on my office computer,and do not "sign on" or post, are you saying you can tell who I am??

why chat....

your general location as well as certain info such as what computer software you are using.... yes.

your name, DOB, SS#..... no.

That is not true in why Chat's case - we only see the provider, and there is no identifiable location. AOL is the same way.

What we are seeing is similar to what you can see on creditnet - the IP address. We can look up the IP address and see whatever is listed there as public information.

Here is mine, right now (it runs a few minutes behind or it would say I'm posting a message):



So , you can take 65.120.51.25 and look it up here:

http://www.geektools.com/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi...&targetnic=auto

it tells you my internet provider. Then you can look up Exisnet and see where they are located. In this case, a search engine would work, or you can type it into your browser's address bar: http://www.exis.net and look for something that tells you where they are.

You can also look them up here:
http://visualroute.visualware.com/ if you type in "65.120.51.25"

However, if I see someone here as "guest" and the IP address 192.193.195.1 and I look up that IP address, I will see the domain name "Citicorp Global Information Network." Someone from Citi domain is visiting us.

These are the identifiable IP addresses. You can pinpoint my general location because I use a local provider. You cannot pinpoint the location of people on webtv or AOL. Someone who is logging on from a specific domain, like a bank, or a school, or corporation (like a law firm) - we can only see info similar to what you see here with the Citi domain.

We see banks, law firms, collection agencies, insurance companies, publishers, military installations, internet marketers, you name it. We can't tell who it is specifically, although sometimes a department is listed, and we certainly can't tell why they are here. Many are members.

We don't give this information out, don't worry. Your privacy is important. If you visit websites where you do not want them to know your IP address, use a service like anonymizer. Everything is routed through a proxy server, and that is all anyone sees.

If you use a firewall, you can block your IP address, but most of us don't, because there are things you can't do with it blocked.

Another thing that adds to the confusion is the fact that practically every Internet Service Provider these days is running NAT (Network Address Translation) on their routers. What this means, in a nutshell, is that only the address of the ISP is displayed across the Internet. By default, most ISP's automatically assign an IP address, using DHCP, to each client as they dial in -or- boot up if using cable modem or DSL/ADSL, but the "outside" IP address will be common among hundreds of users.

As someone mentioned previously, a government agency could subpoena or otherwise obtain the DHCP logs from an ISP to see who had a given IP address on a given day/time.