Peer-To-Peer News - The Week In Review - September 24th, '11

[chefws]

Man, a lot of those stories are really depressing. I'm getting tired of my privacy being eroded by technology. I even got an email today at my yahoo account for an American Express card. Just for giggles, I clicked on it to apply. The application was completely filled out with my personal information, excluding my SS#. Where in the hell did they get that information? It's not in my yahoo profile, I used aliases for that. It's too creepy. I'm about to become totally unplugged and off the grid.
Big Brother, indeed.

[napho]

Originally Posted by chefws

Man, a lot of those stories are really depressing. I'm getting tired of my privacy being eroded by technology. I even got an email today at my yahoo account for an American Express card. Just for giggles, I clicked on it to apply. The application was completely filled out with my personal information, excluding my SS#. Where in the hell did they get that information? It's not in my yahoo profile, I used aliases for that. It's too creepy. I'm about to become totally unplugged and off the grid.
Big Brother, indeed.

Are you sure that info wasn't local, as in Roboform or Keypass or in your cookies from similar forms being filled out?

[chefws]

Actually, I got a redirect virus yesterday and did a total drive wipe and reinstall. I always get rid of cookies if I fill out a form, which I haven't done in weeks. Once I caught the virus, I didn't log onto mail.
The only explanation I can come up with is that I had an Amex in the 80's, and they used some sort of info service to connect the dots. I dunno.

[JackSpratts]

Originally Posted by chefws

Man, a lot of those stories are really depressing. It's too creepy. I'm about to become totally unplugged and off the grid.
Big Brother, indeed.

what with facebook monitoring your cookies after sign out for "safety and protection" purposes (right), the all-powerful director of ICE shilling for corporate content with the decade old chestnut "downloading's the same as physical shoplifting" and the creator of FireFox claiming the web is on its way to becoming "a footnote in history," shadows certainly seem to be lengthening chefws.

then from somewhere unexpected a light shines, like a pirate party picking up seats (in germany no less) and the shadows recede. maybe you should stick around. i think the best is ahead.

- js.