OK, I'll cede the point. However, I have a number of Apple IDs, and just having an email addy isn't enough to just go ahead and use it. They are pretty tinfoil, and recognize when a new computer is trying to access something.
However, in order for that to have happened, then I seriously doubt that it's really identity theft. Sounds like the OP pissed off someone that has their email addy.
Thanks for the "troll" rating, BTW. Really shows some class.
This time, don't use "abcdef123456" as a password, hmm?
I have had my email address compromised (in spam databases) for years, and nothing like this has happened. However, I use non-trivial passwords (I use the Randall Munroe Method), so I have yet to have had an email address actually cracked.
It sounds like they got more than just your email address. It looks like they actually cracked it.
I am getting sick to death of all my friends, associates, tech support folks, salespeople, etc. getting their email accounts cracked. I mean, I know scientists, engineers and real highbrow types, and they are constantly (often repeatedly) getting their emails cracked.
When you get your email cracked, you are selling out everyone on your contact list.
I use Spamex to create DEAs (Disposable Email Address).
I have been surprised when these get compromised. The biggest surprise was one for the New York Times.
I let folks know, then just turn off the snagged address.
This is a very different world from when I first started using email in the early 1980s (not Internet Email, host-based and proprietary). It comes with the territory, and I have to accept it.
I've been writing asynch stuff for decades. AJAX is a hell of a lot simpler than most async protocols.
I don't use JQuery. That's like buying a bookstore for one pulp fiction book. I have an extremely simple AJAX routine that's about 30 lines long, and has been the workhorse of my JS apps for a number of years.
However, IE is a general nightmare in many other senses. They have a rather...unique...interpretation of many Internet standards.
Why even do that? Simply set up a list of accepted MAC addresses and give them assigned IPs. Don't provide any service to a MAC address not matching known. Unfortunately, that only stops your router/AP from handing out IPs. They can still eavesdrop and work on listening in on traffic.
I use reserved MAC addresses and a non-trivial WPA2 password. The router won't connect any unknown MAC addresses.
That seems to work for me.
If they crack that, they aren't leeches. They are crooks. Call the FBI.
What is this "puts it in your hands" of which you speak?
I haven't had a courier service have me sign for anything in a couple of years, even if the package is clearly labeled as such. I have lost sleep, trying to make sure that someone would be home to sign for valuable packets, only to have the courier plonk it down on our stoop, and, quite literally, RUN AWAY without even ringing the doorbell. I have video surveillance of both doors of my house, and I sometimes amuse myself by comparing the running styles of UPS and FedEx deliverygoblins.
As a brilliant and educated man that has done great work, but makes his living as a speaker and academic (as opposed to someone who actually has to make a living writing software), RMS' views always have that fresh, clean, "Ivory Tower" scent.
Each one immediately assumes that they are in the right.
As I've said before, negative feedback improves the product. Positive feedback improves my ego, but little else.
I don't like the standard "Don't complain unless you have a solution!" response. Often, the "solution" sucks, so we use that as a way to beat up the "whiner." Or, it is just used as an excuse to shut them down.
I get really, really pithy feedback on some of the stuff I write. That's because of its audience. Folks that are used to beating their problems into greasy stains on the sidewalk.
Saying "F**k Off!" is not an option.
It's my job to research the feedback. Sometimes, they are right, sometimes, they are wrong.
My first software job was working on 100,000+ lines of 1970s-vintage FORTRAN IV code, through 300-Baud modems. The code sucked. This was everyone's (including the original author's) opinion.
Still, it was our product, and we had to keep it going. Bug fixes often were most effective when done after circling the cubicle 3 times widdershins, and sacrificing a can of Jolt. You poked, and hoped that it fixed the bug.
After that, all code smells like Chanel No 5 to me...
Ideally, Anonymous will develop a set of tools that will rewrite any text into one of half a dozen different styles. Let the authorities chase after these six fictional characters.
I don't usually bother with anonymous, here. It encourages bad habits. Occasionally, I will post anonymously, simply because I'm using a different workstation, and can't be bothered to sign in.
I consider privacy and anonymity on the Internet to be swimming with the fishes. They are long dead, so I try to behave myself; no matter where or how I am logged in.
I don't consider their GM stuff to be evil, but Monsanto's predatory practices are pretty shameful, and organic farmers do tend to take it in the shorts, more than most.
This is one reason why I think that classifying businesses as "people" is ridiculous. If people behaved the way that corporations do, they would be locked up. However, corporations are rewarded for that type of behavior.
He picked the wrong battle.
Whenever a Mr. Natural starts lecturing me about how we need to all return to hunter-gathere lifestyle, I counter with "No problem! We just need to exterminate about 90% of the human population on Earth. Would you like to start?"
Whether we like it or not, the future is here, and we can't survive without factory farming, container transportation, nuclear and fossil energy, farm fishing, etc.
Slashdot Mirror
Mmm-Hmmm...
Yup. Pull the other one. It's got bells on. If you weren't the mod, then post in here under your /. name.
"Don't Agree" = "Troll".
I just love The Internets.
The DataLocker site seems to have slashdotted.
Looks pretty interesting, though...
Damn. I thought it was SO GOOD....
OK, I'll cede the point. However, I have a number of Apple IDs, and just having an email addy isn't enough to just go ahead and use it. They are pretty tinfoil, and recognize when a new computer is trying to access something.
However, in order for that to have happened, then I seriously doubt that it's really identity theft. Sounds like the OP pissed off someone that has their email addy.
Thanks for the "troll" rating, BTW. Really shows some class.
It is a huge PItA to reset an AppleID.
This time, don't use "abcdef123456" as a password, hmm?
I have had my email address compromised (in spam databases) for years, and nothing like this has happened. However, I use non-trivial passwords (I use the Randall Munroe Method), so I have yet to have had an email address actually cracked.
It sounds like they got more than just your email address. It looks like they actually cracked it.
I am getting sick to death of all my friends, associates, tech support folks, salespeople, etc. getting their email accounts cracked. I mean, I know scientists, engineers and real highbrow types, and they are constantly (often repeatedly) getting their emails cracked.
When you get your email cracked, you are selling out everyone on your contact list.
Good job!
I use Spamex to create DEAs (Disposable Email Address).
I have been surprised when these get compromised. The biggest surprise was one for the New York Times.
I let folks know, then just turn off the snagged address.
This is a very different world from when I first started using email in the early 1980s (not Internet Email, host-based and proprietary). It comes with the territory, and I have to accept it.
No it's not.
I've been writing asynch stuff for decades. AJAX is a hell of a lot simpler than most async protocols.
I don't use JQuery. That's like buying a bookstore for one pulp fiction book. I have an extremely simple AJAX routine that's about 30 lines long, and has been the workhorse of my JS apps for a number of years.
However, IE is a general nightmare in many other senses. They have a rather...unique...interpretation of many Internet standards.
:-*
I'll bet I know more folks with...interesting...backgrounds than you.
Show up, someday. W'll hang out with them.
;)
Why even do that? Simply set up a list of accepted MAC addresses and give them assigned IPs. Don't provide any service to a MAC address not matching known. Unfortunately, that only stops your router/AP from handing out IPs. They can still eavesdrop and work on listening in on traffic.
I use reserved MAC addresses and a non-trivial WPA2 password. The router won't connect any unknown MAC addresses.
That seems to work for me.
If they crack that, they aren't leeches. They are crooks. Call the FBI.
...is done by folks who have the technical knowledge (and people skills) of Tijuana pole dancers.
Tech companies know this, and have basically been daring each other to attempt patenting more and more outrageous things.
Sadly, with great success.
It's amazing what walking into a bar with lots of dollar bills will get you...
...I am in no hurry to "jack in," and neither are any of the users of my sites and apps.
If there is no direct, usable need for it, then it is just a Sci-Fi toy.
I am working hard to craft usable interfaces using 2D. 3D will send a lot of my users screaming into the hinterlands.
They are quite effective (I've heard).
However, they do tend to be a bit top-heavy, and easily tipped.
They are quite polite.
That's gonna leave a mark.
Hopefully, a bootprint on the rear end of a near-future job seeker.
What is this "puts it in your hands" of which you speak?
I haven't had a courier service have me sign for anything in a couple of years, even if the package is clearly labeled as such. I have lost sleep, trying to make sure that someone would be home to sign for valuable packets, only to have the courier plonk it down on our stoop, and, quite literally, RUN AWAY without even ringing the doorbell. I have video surveillance of both doors of my house, and I sometimes amuse myself by comparing the running styles of UPS and FedEx deliverygoblins.
...as a link generator.
Welcome to the world of the Twenty-First Century viral marketing campaign.
When the article appeared on the FP of this site, I'll bet that the Mendix folks popped a Dom Perignon bottle.
We've been punk'd.
As a brilliant and educated man that has done great work, but makes his living as a speaker and academic (as opposed to someone who actually has to make a living writing software), RMS' views always have that fresh, clean, "Ivory Tower" scent.
A union can not force you to hire its members. You can find non-union workers or train some yourself.
You obviously have never done business in New York, then.
The Internet Is Shit.
As someone who uses (and relies upon) the Internet regularly, I don't share this person's views, but they make some extremely good points.
Many of these same points could be applied to eBooks vs. paper books.
"New York's law also aims to keep guns out of the hands of those will mental illness."
At least they tended towards fewer typos.
(For the record: I make plenty, but I also don't get paid to write copy for international-level news stories).
Each one immediately assumes that they are in the right.
As I've said before, negative feedback improves the product. Positive feedback improves my ego, but little else.
I don't like the standard "Don't complain unless you have a solution!" response. Often, the "solution" sucks, so we use that as a way to beat up the "whiner." Or, it is just used as an excuse to shut them down.
I get really, really pithy feedback on some of the stuff I write. That's because of its audience. Folks that are used to beating their problems into greasy stains on the sidewalk.
Saying "F**k Off!" is not an option.
It's my job to research the feedback. Sometimes, they are right, sometimes, they are wrong.
My first software job was working on 100,000+ lines of 1970s-vintage FORTRAN IV code, through 300-Baud modems. The code sucked. This was everyone's (including the original author's) opinion.
Still, it was our product, and we had to keep it going. Bug fixes often were most effective when done after circling the cubicle 3 times widdershins, and sacrificing a can of Jolt. You poked, and hoped that it fixed the bug.
After that, all code smells like Chanel No 5 to me...
Ideally, Anonymous will develop a set of tools that will rewrite any text into one of half a dozen different styles. Let the authorities chase after these six fictional characters.
:)
That's right. You have "ticks" instead of "tics"!
That would make him an Intel employee...
I don't usually bother with anonymous, here. It encourages bad habits. Occasionally, I will post anonymously, simply because I'm using a different workstation, and can't be bothered to sign in.
I consider privacy and anonymity on the Internet to be swimming with the fishes. They are long dead, so I try to behave myself; no matter where or how I am logged in.
Exactly what type of "horrible shit" are you talking about?
Basically, standard big business horrible stuff. This is behavior that lots of megacorps engage in, Monsanto just uses a new set of tools.
I don't consider their GM stuff to be evil, but Monsanto's predatory practices are pretty shameful, and organic farmers do tend to take it in the shorts, more than most.
Monsanto is certainly not alone in these types of scandals.
This is one reason why I think that classifying businesses as "people" is ridiculous. If people behaved the way that corporations do, they would be locked up. However, corporations are rewarded for that type of behavior.
He picked the wrong battle.
Whenever a Mr. Natural starts lecturing me about how we need to all return to hunter-gathere lifestyle, I counter with "No problem! We just need to exterminate about 90% of the human population on Earth. Would you like to start?"
Whether we like it or not, the future is here, and we can't survive without factory farming, container transportation, nuclear and fossil energy, farm fishing, etc.
There's just too damn many of us.
The only answer to "too damn many" is "culling the herd."
Like These guys? (NSFW Link -not Pr0n or anything, but ED is usually on the "naughty" list at corporations).