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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2021 22:56:57 GMT 10
@bloodmountain I share your point of view that any social media outlet is a potential honeypot. Hence its wise to think before one shoots their mouth off online. With that in mind and a bit of discipline regarding what one posts (if one posts at all), it is not IMHO a significant issue to have an account on Parler and follow some of the mainstream personalities who have channels on there. Dan Bongino and Hannity come to mind. The other side of it is if you have provided private info to join the platform like phone number or self identifying records, doxxing might not be an issue but identity theft might be. Parler was hacked. cybernews.com/news/70tb-of-parler-users-messages-videos-and-posts-leaked-by-security-researchers/
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Post by milspec on Jan 13, 2021 6:17:17 GMT 10
@bloodmountain whilst that is true, this risk of being hacked exists for any online account one holds, probably even more so for non contentious sites where one probably has to reveal their real ID & credit card/ paypal details. At the end of the day I recommend that everyone minimise disclosure of personal/identifying info and watch what they say plus, use good, strong, unique passwords for each site and 2FA where possible.
Oh yeah, and use a browser rather than an app where possible and deny app permissions when apps are the only alternative to access the site you want.
An example which comes to mind is mewe, it only became known to me following this parler stuff so I went to check it out .... what a minefield! Its app only, aka no browser alternative. It pushes the new user to register with a phone number ... nope. If you do register with an email address it takes you through a walkthrough where it tries to get you to take and upload a selfie and a voice clip. It also wants access to your contacts and location ... its a privacy nightmare! I registered anonymously, denied all the permissions, chose not to upload anything. It's a site which promotes itself as privacy minded, but it is far from it IMHO.
It pays to be careful with one's data & permissions.
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Post by spinifex on Jan 13, 2021 7:46:10 GMT 10
Quote: I foresee new laws in the not too distant future that make owning and carrying a 'smart phone' with you everywhere, all the time, mandatory. And it will, of course, be implemented as a 'safety measure' for our own good. Quite possibly related to Covid management now that that particular juicy 'threat' has dropped into the laps of security/control minded legislators. There's no mobile coverage at my retreat. And that helps how? Unless your retreat is also your 'prison for life' you'll be subject to these 'mandatory carry' laws like everyone else any time you want to leave the place.
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Post by frostbite on Jan 13, 2021 9:23:51 GMT 10
It's a nice prison.
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Post by doglover on Jan 13, 2021 11:14:27 GMT 10
I actually believe in some censorship of social media. I think there is too much hatred and unbalanced people out there that make up conspiracy theories and influence the masses. The thing that disturbs me though is who gets to decide who or what gets censored or deleted? I don’t think there is any one person capable of being fair and impartial. So maybe a panel of people?, or even an AI program that scans for issues and false stuff? I don’t have any answers here and am honestly just thinking out loud. I do know one thing though, over the last couple months our president constantly put out fake statements about the election being stolen and massive fraud. After 60 some odd lawsuits and many investigations it was proven beyond reasonable doubt that there was no massive fraud. But the repeated telling of it made enough people believe it to the point of a riot on our capital leaving 5 people dead. There are real world consequences for our words so I am not against some form of balance with what’s allowed to be said.
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Post by doglover on Jan 13, 2021 11:21:47 GMT 10
@bloodmountain whilst that is true, this risk of being hacked exists for any online account one holds, probably even more so for non contentious sites where one probably has to reveal their real ID & credit card/ paypal details. At the end of the day I recommend that everyone minimise disclosure of personal/identifying info and watch what they say plus, use good, strong, unique passwords for each site and 2FA where possible. Oh yeah, and use a browser rather than an app where possible and deny app permissions when apps are the only alternative to access the site you want. An example which comes to mind is mewe, it only became known to me following this parler stuff so I went to check it out .... what a minefield! Its app only, aka no browser alternative. It pushes the new user to register with a phone number ... nope. If you do register with an email address it takes you through a walkthrough where it tries to get you to take and upload a selfie and a voice clip. It also wants access to your contacts and location ... its a privacy nightmare! I registered anonymously, denied all the permissions, chose not to upload anything. It's a site which promotes itself as privacy minded, but it is far from it IMHO. It pays to be careful with one's data & permissions. I am far from an expert in anything computer related. I do believe that disclosing too much information about yourself is unwise, wether on line or in person. Choosing ones words carefully is a sure sign of intelligence. I was under the impression that your IP address is attached to all posts and can be traced back to you fairly easily. I’ve heard about using encrypted sites and rerouting through them to hide your identity but really don’t understand much about it. I’m sure you could google how to make yourself harder to be found if you really wanted to but my advice is to be aware of what you say and how it could appear to others.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2021 21:58:09 GMT 10
@bloodmountain whilst that is true, this risk of being hacked exists for any online account one holds, probably even more so for non contentious sites where one probably has to reveal their real ID & credit card/ paypal details. At the end of the day I recommend that everyone minimise disclosure of personal/identifying info and watch what they say plus, use good, strong, unique passwords for each site and 2FA where possible. Oh yeah, and use a browser rather than an app where possible and deny app permissions when apps are the only alternative to access the site you want. An example which comes to mind is mewe, it only became known to me following this parler stuff so I went to check it out .... what a minefield! Its app only, aka no browser alternative. It pushes the new user to register with a phone number ... nope. If you do register with an email address it takes you through a walkthrough where it tries to get you to take and upload a selfie and a voice clip. It also wants access to your contacts and location ... its a privacy nightmare! I registered anonymously, denied all the permissions, chose not to upload anything. It's a site which promotes itself as privacy minded, but it is far from it IMHO. It pays to be careful with one's data & permissions. Good advice. so for that mewe you didnt have to provide phone number, upload a selfie and voice clip? They just try to trick people into doing it? wont be long until they want a blood sample & fingerprints!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2021 22:05:26 GMT 10
I am far from an expert in anything computer related. I do believe that disclosing too much information about yourself is unwise, wether on line or in person. Choosing ones words carefully is a sure sign of intelligence. I was under the impression that your IP address is attached to all posts and can be traced back to you fairly easily. I’ve heard about using encrypted sites and rerouting through them to hide your identity but really don’t understand much about it. I’m sure you could google how to make yourself harder to be found if you really wanted to but my advice is to be aware of what you say and how it could appear to others. Im pretty sure ip addresses are known to the admin of this site and most others. Im not sure how hard it would be to track down to the actual household or what not. Unsure how those things work. What can make it harder ive been told is to use smartphone as the wifi device for your laptop or desktop, make it a bit harder to track ive read somewhere as the ip address renews more often than a static line like ethernet. As i say i dont know much about this, i could be wrong.
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Post by milspec on Jan 14, 2021 6:27:28 GMT 10
@bloodmountain you can mask your IP address by using a VPN and you can hide it more thoroughly with a TOR browser. With no VPN active go check your address here whatismyipaddress.com/ip-lookup. Activate your VPN and then revisit the link and you'll see a different set of details.
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Post by Tim Horton on Jan 14, 2021 10:40:41 GMT 10
People are being identified and fired...
Why didn't this happen in Seattle and other riots ?? Oh wait.. You have to have a job first.. Instead of being bussed in and paid in cash to riot..
At least that is what some are thinking it seems...
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Post by SA Hunter on Jan 14, 2021 19:49:24 GMT 10
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