You Are Not Safe........

[Dr.M]

That makes me less comfortable then I was. The last time somebody put something out there and dared it to be cracked "said it couldn't be done" was with DVD's. Hackers cracked it in 6 months.

Hackers, being a 16 year old kid, and actually he spent only a week on it. The industry is full of sheep turds, he said it was terrible encryption.

The Elite mail server took a dump just like George said, I dont see any ties to any virii etc that anyone else is getting, although the real name is strange, but there are so many ways they could have gotten that etc

I'm not worried, shows over!

 

[Dr.M]

I don't use those email systems, the show is over for me dude, didn't say anything about your insecurities.

 

[bighead]

.......and secure using elite mail, apparantly. I have received 2 broken emails that address me by name......my REAL name. I have never used anything but my screen name in anything to do with elitemail, the board, or anything else on line.
There is no way this could happen unless spyware scripts are run by the mail host, or that the entire system is hacked to the extent that access to the hard drive is possible.
Yes, I wrote to the board administration......no answer.
So, be forewarned. Big Brother knows who you are.
Anyone else ever have this happen?

That's pretty scary.

I don't know much about the inner workings of the internet but it occurs to me that if you are a platinum member here then you mostly likely paid for it with a credit card.To allow you to do this you must use your real name and address on the application form.

This is the reason i haven't gone paltinum here though i would like to,i would be concerned about my details getting into the wrong hands and any posts that i may make or emails that i may send could eventually be tracked back to my real identity.

 

[Dr.M]

Ultimately nothing is immune, if you want to be safe then dont open your yap about what you do that might not be koshier, i.e. chatting on boards like we are all doing right now.

 

[George Spellwin]

Re: Re: You Are Not Safe........

That's pretty scary.

I don't know much about the inner workings of the internet but it occurs to me that if you are a platinum member here then you mostly likely paid for it with a credit card.To allow you to do this you must use your real name and address on the application form.

This is the reason i haven't gone paltinum here though i would like to,i would be concerned about my details getting into the wrong hands and any posts that i may make or emails that i may send could eventually be tracked back to my real identity.

BigHead,

We need and appreciate our members' support. Our Platinum members' generosity enables us to stay online.

Supporting the site with a Platinum membership has nothing to do with tracking your posts back to your real identity.

Unfortunately, unlike elitefitness.com email where you have a strong degree of privacy and security, anything you post here or on any other board can already be easily tracked back to your real identity -- Platinum or not.

 

[Digger Dan]

WTF... I am getting those emails on a daily basis.... [email protected] - the body of the message is always the same.. "hello REAL NAME"

i'd like to pound the fucks sending these.

steele

Same here! But it's being sent to my hushmail account. And the email is not causing hush to send an email notification to my yahoo account.

I have been not been a Platimum member for two months.

 

[Fukkenshredded]

As I have stated before, these boards are routinely examined and frequented by Feds. Your emails, and mine, are read from time to time. I know for a fact that sweeps have been done on my emails.

Why do you think people sometimes complain about the number of posts they have being diminished?

Just remember that we are all under a certain amount of observation, adn that there are certain 'buzzwords' that will prompt a more thorough review of your correspondences, be they email or via the boards.

 

[drrman]

hey zyg, i had that virus you spoke of, i just finished removing it, thanks

 

[Warmachine]

does this have anything to do with the mail system being down yesterday and today? after the login i get a blank page instead of asking me for a password

 

[Zyglamail]

hey zyg, i had that virus you spoke of, i just finished removing it, thanks

Glad you found it, if left unchecked it can wreak havoc on your system. It would be a good idea to check your system occasionally with that online utility since the klez can be very persistant and hard to get rid of. Also, make sure you get the latest security updates for outlook or outlook express if you use them. The Klez exploits security holes in them. Additionally make sure if your using IE (Internet explorer) that you have the Service pack 2 if your using 5.5. I would highly recommend just upgrading to 6 though. The klez also seeks out web servers and infects web pages with java script that can infect you if your browser allows it.