Is your computer inviting voyeurs?

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s your computer inviting voyeurs? Embarrassing, private text files find their way onto the Net By Bob Sullivan MSNBC Jan. 14 — There it was, just sitting out there on the Internet, for all to see. “The keys to the condo are located in a lock box mounted on the wall outside the entry door. The combination is 0-8-3-6.” The recipient of the instructions, Catalina, is only weeks away from a long-awaited vacation at a ski resort, but she had no idea that her computer was telling the world where she was going, when she would be there, and how to break into her rental condo until MSNBC.com contacted her.

full story above at the link

-- Anonymous, January 15, 2002

Answers

Yes, I imagine there are scads of panting young men justing waiting breathlessly to catch a glimpse of my pix of naked bulbs and undressed stems. (not!)

The only X-rated stuff on my computer is some of the jokes I receive in e-mail. I must not live right. (;

-- Anonymous, January 15, 2002


that bigfix program that someone posted earlier on Inner Connections finds these little security things and alerts you, telling you where to get the fix for them.

I have had a couple of them fixed already.

If you have ever entered a CC number into your computer you are at risk, if you use Windows.

-- Anonymous, January 15, 2002


Only when I have the web cam turned on. I don't turn it on much, only to take a few snaps of son to send to his father.

-- Anonymous, January 15, 2002

here's the Link

http://www.bigfix.com/website/consumers/overview.html

-- Anonymous, January 15, 2002


Thanks, Barefoot.

-- Anonymous, January 16, 2002


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