Comments on: Dangers of being online http://elliottback.com/wp/dangers-of-being-online/ Internet & Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:40:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Julien McArdle http://elliottback.com/wp/dangers-of-being-online/#comment-806 Julien McArdle Sun, 13 Feb 2005 01:39:08 +0000 /?p=419#comment-806 Yes, true. But usually in order to get them they would have to contact server operators, and those operators would have to divulge the private information. Even if it was one crooked server operator that wanted my info for god knows what, he/she still wouldn't be able to link that IP to anything else without first getting some other logs with which to correlate it. None of my "persona's" can hide from the proper authorities with the correct credentials, but it will keep the freaks from finding out my personal info. Yes, true. But usually in order to get them they would have to contact server operators, and those operators would have to divulge the private information. Even if it was one crooked server operator that wanted my info for god knows what, he/she still wouldn’t be able to link that IP to anything else without first getting some other logs with which to correlate it.

None of my “persona’s” can hide from the proper authorities with the correct credentials, but it will keep the freaks from finding out my personal info.

]]> By: Elliott Back http://elliottback.com/wp/dangers-of-being-online/#comment-805 Elliott Back Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:13:39 +0000 /?p=419#comment-805 @Julien, don't you won't that there's still access logs by IP that connect the two persona? @Julien, don’t you won’t that there’s still access logs by IP that connect the two persona?

]]> By: Julien McArdle http://elliottback.com/wp/dangers-of-being-online/#comment-803 Julien McArdle Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:34:18 +0000 /?p=419#comment-803 And I thought I was the only one with such a mum :p To balance privacy, I hold different "personas", each for a different layer of trust I maintain for the destinary. I have my personal information and email to whom I only pass to trusted sources (close friends, university, paypal, etc.). Then there's another persona with its own email account that I pass on to all questionable sources. Anything where I register, I give an alternate email address, whose intent is to get spammed like heck. I only check it for those "click me to complete registration" mails. If you search every aspect of this persona, be it the email address or the linked information, it will never be traced back to me. And I thought I was the only one with such a mum :p

To balance privacy, I hold different “personas”, each for a different layer of trust I maintain for the destinary. I have my personal information and email to whom I only pass to trusted sources (close friends, university, paypal, etc.).

Then there’s another persona with its own email account that I pass on to all questionable sources. Anything where I register, I give an alternate email address, whose intent is to get spammed like heck. I only check it for those “click me to complete registration” mails. If you search every aspect of this persona, be it the email address or the linked information, it will never be traced back to me.

]]> By: kines http://elliottback.com/wp/dangers-of-being-online/#comment-802 kines Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:28:08 +0000 /?p=419#comment-802 Tis what my mum says all the time.. I guess there always should be a precaution about how much information to reveal, but you can't be nitpicky and say I won't sign up or do anything online that might have ask me to reveal my address et al. Life is full of risks.. you gotta take some, with a bit of care. Tis what my mum says all the time.. I guess there always should be a precaution about how much information to reveal, but you can’t be nitpicky and say I won’t sign up or do anything online that might have ask me to reveal my address et al. Life is full of risks.. you gotta take some, with a bit of care.

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