Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Internet privacy? ?? ???

2018-02-03 Thread Ishak Micheil
I'm not sure if I missed it, however am still struggling to understand his email "publication" part. We're somewhat veering towards privacy vs security and this will be indeed an endless debate. By viewing YouTube contents, you already have agreed to some level of use of content terms. You

[PLUG] Additional information -- [OT?] Internet privacy? ?? ???

2018-02-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/02/2018 05:48 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: Called my brother to wish him a "Happy Birthday". As I'm the geek sibling, he asked a geek type question. He has been viewing youtube(sp?) videos. He suspects they have been publishing his email address. He objects. I spoke to him this morning. He

Re: [PLUG] Ticket Received response from Web Africa after posting to PLUG

2018-02-03 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 3 Feb 2018, Jim Garrison wrote: Why do I get a message from supp...@webafrica.freshdesk.com after sending a message to PLUG? Same here, posted in response to Rich's thread on ledger123.org and I immediately received a "Ticket Created" message from webafrica.co.za with replyto

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Internet privacy? ?? ???

2018-02-03 Thread Mke C>
On 02/03/2018 11:00 AM, plug-requ...@pdxlinux.org wrote: He clarified a symptom I hadn't caught before. He is getting his mail without signing in to his gmail account. He is now using Windows 10. He did not have this problem when he was using Windows 7. I'm not sure if you've ever done paid

Re: [PLUG] Domain dead; Mailman sends monthly reminders

2018-02-03 Thread Jim Garrison
On 2/1/2018 6:47 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >   A curios situation. The SQL Ledger fork, ledger123, died some time in the [snip] > >   'whois' shows: > > Updated Date: 2018-01-22T01:04:39Z > Creation Date: 2011-01-19T01:36:38Z > Registry Expiry Date: 2019-01-19T01:36:38Z There is absolutely zero

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Internet privacy? ?? ???

2018-02-03 Thread Rigel Hope
without knowing more about what makes him think his email is being given out, it's hard to say what caused it, because theres lots of levels this, or phenomena similar enough to be confused with actual distribution, can happen on. it could be someone licensing a third party mailing list, like a

[PLUG] Ticket Received response from Web Africa after posting to PLUG

2018-02-03 Thread Jim Garrison
On 2/1/2018 8:05 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > I believe it was Rich Shepard who asked about this. Now I am too. > > Why do I get a message from supp...@webafrica.freshdesk.com after > sending a message to PLUG? Same here, posted in response to Rich's thread on ledger123.org and I immediately

Re: [PLUG] [OT?] Internet privacy? ?? ???

2018-02-03 Thread Cryptomonkeys.org
Its not even clear if that is particularly useful. Its not difficult to match similar browsing habits across multiple systems that don’t share login information. Companies are interested in this so they can ensure they are targeting the correct user when an IP address may not be specific enough