Receive a Free $250 Gift Voucher from Kroger – Fake Facebook

**Please find the friend that you saw sharing the link to the Kroger Gift Card scam, and post a link to this page for them to read and to share to the person they saw it on.** If you google “way back machine” you will find the internet archive that has a back up of what this page used to tell you. I myself will no longer pay the bandwidth it takes to help facebook.
Facebook post says “Receive a Free $250 Gift Voucher” and has a Kroger logo. Looks legit right?
It is fake.
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If you clicked it, log into Facebook and change your password now. You have just been bitten by a scam. This scam is not the doing of Kroger. You have no reason to be mad at Kroger for someone else’s hoax.
Here is Kroger trying to get a handle on the situation.
Kroger is aware and trying to stop it.
To prove this Kroger notice is a hoax, just hit refresh when you are on that page and watch the “remaining vouchers” counter start back over at 173.
Another thing to notice is the “comments” on that page on the left hand side “hansja” his comment says it happened 26 minutes ago.. and that comment stays with that count.
Most this is an advertising company that has crummy tactics and it is likely they are just getting their like and share counts up really high so that when the website changes it’s home page design and logo, it will look like a legit website, and will show in your friend feed to your friends as a page you like. Which in turn will scam your friends by this 100% hoax.

Fake kroger Gift card $250

Fake Kroger Gift card $250


Looks like the same people who have been doing this for years: I offer no more help
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Via mass text message or mass social media spamming like this one.
I wonder if they get everyone’s address book if they go to that site on their phones.. hmmmmmmm

Mashable Trust Issue

The Mashable Trust Issue.
So I lit up the pho ne and kicked back in bed and started surfing around in Facebook. Scrolled down the page to see all of the stuff I have been missing, and what do I see?
I see that Mashable and I shared a topic, 23 minutes ago. Wait.. 23 minutes ago I was cleaning the litterbox  and sweeping the floor. Hadn’t been on Facebook for hours.
So I scroll a little further to see what the topic was and was shocked.
It’s content I don’t like to get involved in. Not against anyone’s rights or freedoms. in fact I am for everyone’s rights and freedoms to be the same. This was specifically about gay rights. I never read the article. why would I agree with the article and share it if I haven’t read it? The article could totally messed up and bring up views that I don’t even know that I am for or against until I read the way it is presented.
Mashable-awkward-shareWhat this does is send a false impression to my friends. and anyone else who got used like this. If I am not the only one that used like this to push this agenda, then there is a huge mass of people who just got used to press this impression that lots of people agree with the content. Without their direct consent on the content.
This content needs to be supported by people who agree with it, not falsely promoted.

This is gaming votes and manipulating the views of the public.

SO I went off on Mashable on their page.

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Imagine the potential of this type of move. If Mashable can post this propaganda, what can a politician do? what can some agenda based media source do to make it look like you agree with something you haven’t even read yet. It’s like they are sneakishly using you for peer pressure upon your friends. Though the movement was for a good cause to some, it was a bad ethics move.
How to stop this.. Start with unliking the page of the offender. in the case, it’s Mashable.

Go to App Settings
Locate Offender in the list. In this case, Mashable.
Click the X on the right hand side, and never go back to their webpage again.

If you have to go to their page but don’t want them to “post on your behalf” find that in the options under their name and disable it. Then locate “Visibility of app and posts:” and select “Only me”
now your freinds won’t get spammed with junk you allowed to have access to your Facebook.

I will never trust a single article from Mashable ever again.
The scummiest tactics to date.

Your rights, internet and Privacy

These days are certainly different days of the past.
This isn’t about phobias or conspiracies or anything you can use to belittle this. This is about self respect.

In the past we took everything to the highest level of precaution to avoid giving away our personal information .  We refused to give up our date of birth, our names of any sort, and we kept our images to a minimum. In fear of identity theft.
We learned that there is a simple method of finding someone’s social security number simply by knowing where they were born, their name and the day they were born. Back in those days, a “security question” asking what your mother’s maiden name is, was a red flag. A darn good red flag. There is no reason for that question on any website. Especially banks. If they don’t need that information to give you credit, then they do not need that information for anything else, so they should never ask that question. even as a “security question”.

Today we give up everything and laugh at those who do not. We will post our face on the internet, our first and last name, pin our home address in public maps, we tag our family and share that information to the public as if it validates our love for one an other. We post pictures of people, without their consent and think it totally irrational for them to object. Don’t believe me? Ask someone not to post your picture and watch how they react. Typically they will act as if they agree with you, then they will fidget, and mock you for being weird or paranoid about it. They will then tell you that your are too attractive to not share your image, then they will erupt in anger to you. Then they will plea to you. Then they will disconnect themselves from you.

Try this. Take every photo of yourself offline. Request all of your friends to take down photos that contain you in them. If you think that part is too hard, then you might want to rethink your privacy thus far. Now next time you are a party, Avoid the cameras, because the person taking the pictures isn’t going to understand your wants of privacy. So it’s easier to just walk away from the pictures. When they notice what you are trying to do, it then becomes a sport to post your picture on the internet without your consent.

I have observed this for well on 18 years now. This is a fact. and it is very offensive the way people get with photos. and because I am so offended by it, it leaves me snapping at people who are actual friends or girlfriends when they just ask what they think is a very normal question. ” Why can’t I have a picture of us together online to show my friends and family what you look like”. Quite often they will assume you just don’t want to be seen with them. Which further proves how far we have sunken into just trusting things at the value they were described to you, instead of what we can see is really happening.

All of this, I blame on Facebook. In their methods of getting more information from you to sell to potential customers, they keep changing the way you use the site, and changing the rules to the site, so often you have no desire to read the rules and terms of use.ny allowing you certain features if ou give up other forms of privacy. They are the owners of Instagram and just announced a week ago that Instagram has the rights to sell your photos to advertisers who would like to use them in their advertisements. Offering you no compensation. Then with in hours they 360’d that claim and said they never would do such a thing. Just 4 years ago, Facebook made the same claim on it’s main site, and that option is still readily in their hands at all times. Just read the terms of service and see for yourself. Set private or public, those files are on Facebook’s servers and that server is their on their property. Last thing you want is your photo being misused by the highest bidder.

but none of that matters to you anymore. We have relaxed to a state that we now say ” I don’t care what you do with it”. as if Identity theft would be flattering, because you doubt it could ever happen. EVER!
Family tree websites that have you post information about your family heritage. It’s a group event to find our more about about your lineage and your family’s origin. It’s a way to find family members long lost and family members who didn’t even know they had cousins. but what is it really? It’s a spam farm. and that’s a it is. Those sites are created for the sole purpose of targeting spam. Sure you find a use for it that you believe you benefit greatly from but at what cost to you? to all of the family members you posted against their will or without their knowledge?

I for one, will not live my life that way. I have to much respect for myself, and I truly wish  that some of you would also.
Here’s a few articles to enjoy.
Convenience or Security?

Why Convenience Is the Enemy of Security

Convenience or security: Who decides which is more important?  (pssst, it’s not the end user)

 

 

 

Which celebrity you look alike, facebook exploit

UPDATE
This page is coming down because I will not help Facebook if Facebook doesn’t help you.
and it is in your best interest to leave that place. It is everything myspace was becoming when we all left.
Facebook banned me because I will not send them a picture of my driver’s license.
UPDATE

 

Latest exploit to facebook is the “Awesome, Which celebrity you look alike? : http://www.facebook.com/CelebslikeYou/app_XXXXXXXXXXXXX”

Looks like Facebook has allowed an ap in their network that is exploited. or extremely stupid. I just had 5 female friends fall for that dang thing, and there seems to be only three pictures that the ap uses to tell people they look like. There is no logic to the ap at all. Long face looks like round face, brown hair looks like blond, curly hair looks like straight. Wide eyes look like tiny eyes.

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I am not sure if the ap has a virus in it or not, but it looks like it’s bogus and the ap is just used to get you to willingly give up your personal information.
One thing for certain, this is an Exploit in your gullibility.
Here’s how you remove all personal information access that this ap has tricked you out of.

look to the top right of your facebook page
Next to the word “Home” is a triangle pointing down. Click that and select “Privacy settings”.
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Now move your mouse to where you see “edit settings” to the right of

Ads, Apps and Websites
Manage your settings for ads, apps, games and websites.

Click on edit settings.
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Next you will see a small window section that says “Apps you use” on the right of that you will see “edit settings”
aps.you.use

Click the edit settings button and delete everything you no longer care for, including the ap you just installed

Now would be a great time to change your Facebook password also.

Audio Monitoring On These Premises – Extreme

Safety and Security taken up 20 notches.

Sat through a presentation today, about Site security and audio monitoring. The manufactures of this security system did say this is not a perfect science. but with Video surveillance and Audio monitoring, you can have your criminal in no time.
Audio monitoring that is so strong, you can hear someone’s heart pattern. and with the proper video surveillance and face recognition and body dimensions, you can have your criminal caught in a short period.

Yes, audio monitoring so strong that you can hear a heart beat. you can hear the blood in their veins. If fingerprints are visible, you can have your criminal caught, the next time they enter a retail outlet that has the same video/audio monitoring.

Imagine this security surveillance and monitoring system in your house.

On the downside, I can not release the manufacturer’s name until they unveil it. Count on it being introduced to retail centers world wide before the end of 2012. Count on this new security system being monitored by your local law enforcement agencies, at a small fee that helps bring our local budgets back to where they need to be.

Leap Year Virus 2012 ??

It seems that one of the viruses that I reported in one of my previous posts, that obtained on my computer at work, has been bit by the Leap Year Virus 2012.
Everything is running slow.
First clue was I got a notice about “iteratorutils.jsm:117” failed to start. That of course is not a sign of virus, it is a sign that something is running slow, since script time for Mozilla is 10 seconds, The computer is running so slow, it exceeded the 10 second script load time . Not perfect science but enough to get me alerted. Yesterday was a busy day. My computer was running at full speed, smooth and nice. I never once searched anything on the web. I just worked on my drawings and records. Today, slow. Everything is loading at a crawl.

I am now running scans but it seems Microsoft essentials has locked up. And the only thing I have that will run, is spybot search and destroy, and Rouge Killer (linked below). Rouge Killer did find a couple registry anomalies that were labeled regular stuff you would normally overlook, I deleted the instances anyway. My machine might not boot back up because of that. but it’s worth a shot. I am sure the I.T. guy here and I can get the office computer back up and I will report back here as to do or not do what I did. I am sure I have to reboot because what regestry was showing, is that 3 items were loading on start of the computer. Since my computer is still running, then the items are still running and I only removed what starts them.If I don’t report back before you read this….. Don’t do it!.

Will report back when I find more to see if there is an actual virus that has been dormant waiting for Leap Year 2012. Possibly bundled with Antivirus 2012

If you notice the same issues, Please describe below, and check back often. I will be updating this as the day progresses.

**update** Microsoft essentials finally finished update. Scanning now. but so far nothing is showing up.

***Update. I have no idea what happened, 3 hours into my work day, and my computer just started working normal. Reboots really slow now, but it works again.
No virus scanners found anything. So I have no clue if they just don’t have the virus signature yet, or if it was a fluke bug, or what.

The Right To Wear a Mask

Wearing a Mask is done in many forms. It has been done for many centuries. and to many, it is held of great respect and Honor. The mask is just the simple act of hiding your identity. For security, or safety, or privacy.
Some websites seem to only allow people with real names, to participate in conversations on their website. I totally get the whole thing of not wanting people to just hide in anonymity to be jerks or trolls or irritants under 100s of accounts.
I myself have done many I.P. bans as a moderator on many websites. From forums to chatrooms. and when the person changes i.p. addresses and comes back, it takes me less effort to ban them again than it takes the irritant to change i.p. addresses. Right click…. done. And sure, it would be a whole different internet if everyone swiped their driver’s license on a machine and did a retina scan just to enter websites for particular needs. but what is the threat to security then?
There are reasons to not post your personal information out to the public on the WORLD wide web.
Ex cases:
A famous person can not just be a guy in a chat holding a witty conversation, being a regular guy without brown-nosers ruining the effect of just seeing people for who they are.
A person in a sweatshop for an seo company, doing link submissions, or something that allows access to the internet, will not be able to just log in and let people know where he is. His name hits the internet, his account gets deleted fingers get chopped off and now pedals a bike hooked up to the generator that powers the computers..
Did anyone see the news a week ago? They hanged them from a fricken bridge!!!!
Do you see all of the people who get their personal lives posted on the internet by hacker groups?
We all know the hacker groups are out to find someone who is directly, who is not innocent (for some crime hidden and covered up) and they are digging that person specific’s information, and we know the media is posting BS about what is really happening. But jeese if the Media was actually right. The internet is not ready for real names.

My mask is very old
It is so old that if in public a person yelled out my screen name, I would think they were talking to me. I would look.
I like the freedom and the leg room to let my words and emotions get saved and archived to the web, hoping to educate everyone on what I see and what I notice.

This of course is my declaration to G+ before they ban me for the name I have used on the internet including Google for many years. At least 10 years with Google on this account with this name the way it is. For privacy reasons. For my security and because it is what I am known by on the internet.

This is the gun issue. If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns.
and your mask is your only shield.

Free Online Virus Scan

Bit Defender. Supposed to be the fastest scanner. I have no idea how accurate this can be. and I think this one only works in internet explorer.

EmsiSoft’s Asquared online Virus scanner.


Free online Virus and Malware scan. Feel free to use this, bookmark the page share with your friends, on what ever Social site you use. This virus scanner is the strongest Virus scanner I know that is totally free. Removes all virus and trojans and worm parts from your computer for complete internet safety and security. Well, at least no current virus will be active on your computer after a scan. This virus scanner group is fast at updating and many virus scan companies contribute to their research, and back the other way.
This will remove all known trojans and malware from your computer even suspicious cookies.
I am happy to have EmsiSoft’s Asquared on my website.

Gawker sends out Breach Notice

It seems during the period of time that all of the internet is flipping upside down from hackers, attackers and ddos assaults Gawkers has been compromised. Passwords have been stolen and account information has been stolen. Here is a letter I received from Gawker.

This weekend we discovered that Gawker Media’s servers were compromised,
resulting in a security breach at Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Gawker, Jezebel,
io9, Jalopnik, Kotaku, Deadspin, and Fleshbot. As a result, the user name
and password associated with your comment account were released on the
internet. If you’re a commenter on any of our sites, you probably have
several questions.

We understand how important trust is on the internet, and we’re deeply
sorry for and embarrassed about this breach of security. Right now we
are working around the clock to improve security moving forward. We’re
also committed to communicating openly and frequently with you to make
sure you understand what has happened, how it may or may not affect you,
and what we’re doing to fix things.

This is what you should do immediately: Try to change your password in
the Gawker Media Commenting System. If you used your Gawker Media
password on any other web site, you should change the password on those
sites as well, particularly if you used the same username or email with
that site. To be safe, however, you should change the password on those
accounts whether or not you were using the same username.

We’re continually updating an FAQ (http://lifehac.kr/eUBjVf) with more
information and will continue to do so in the coming days and weeks.

Gawker Media

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purpose of sending you this important notification.