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A Stalking Website?

Posted on2010/12/28AuthorTruXter

I was just notified that I was listed on a website “spokeo.com”.
They have every single house I ever lived in, listed.
They have me listed at some crazy high amount of income. They show photos of my house from the street. and they show how many people live in my house and their age.
I thought these “find people” websites had a legal standard of what information they could show?
The person who told me this was a sister of mine. She had to move from the area she was living in because of something that happened to her daughter. Needless to say, they never caught the guys, but they occasionally get mail from one or two of them bragging about what they did. So my sister moved. Now she is getting mail from them again. The guy(s) even told her how they found her. and yes they list her daughter there also, and her daughter’s age.

My sister requested herself removed and my mother and everyone else she knew the address of. Spokeo sent a removal confirmation email, but they are all still listed on that site.
I had to locate every home I lived in with in the past 20 years.
I am still listed on their stalking website.
I am legally unlisted. So how they obtained my information clearly was illegal.
Possibly bought and sold a thousand times over.

To remove yourself from Spokeo go to spokeo.com/contact
go to the drop down menu select “privacy”. type in your name. Do not type in your phone number
Tell them to remove you from the list, and leave a link to the page(s) your are listed on.
There sometimes will be a second page with spot for you to post the link and type in a confirmation code.
I didn’t get that confirmation code, but my sister did. Could be because she removed a lot of people.

Everyone please report this website after you request yourself removed from their listing.
Report them to Google as intrusive, report them to bing as intrusive and posting your personal information.
Get them removed from search engines because what they provide should be illegal.
This site could lead to possible identity theft at the least.
Internet security needs to be a bit more secure than this.
This is how you report a bad website.
Here is another form to report a bad website.
Not sure if either of those will do the trick though. If you have a better link, please post it below.

Here is the confirmation email they sent me.

Dear Spokeo User,

Your directory listing(s) have been removed as requested. Please allow 24 hours to see this change.

Thank you for your patience.

Sincerely,
Nancy
Customer Support Specialist

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 3:10 PM, wrote:

User: non-user
Email: xxxxxxxxxx
Name: xxxxxxxxxx
Topic: Privacy

Message:
You have me listed , I have registered through the Texas state to not be listed in any directories, paper or electronic, other than state officials only. You have every home I have lived in before and after I registered with the state. You might be in violation of federal law. I would like to know who you got my contact information from. They themselves are in violation also. please email me contact information of who gave you my information. as you know, I have to do my research before I bring in a third party. Just as you have to verify who you are listing before you just list. I prefer my privacy.
http://www.spokeo.com/search?q=xxxxxxxxxx/info
http://www.spokeo.com/search?q=xxxxxxxxxx/info
http://www.spokeo.com/search?q=xxxxxxxxxx/info
http://www.spokeo.com/search?q=xxxxxxxxxx/info

To the readers of this post, If you have a friend or family member listed on that site and you know they are not tech savvy, please request their information be removed from that site, for them. Please help stop this company from intrusion. Please re-post this on your Facebook account or Twitter account, or email this link to family members.

And yes you can request your information be made private from news, public listings and anything not you or the government. In Texas you have to talk to the Department of Public Safety. It’s a short form. I was in and out pretty quick. Did it back in 1996.

What is Traitorware? | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Posted on2010/12/28AuthorGregSnippets

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/what-traitorware

Gentlemen, I have had men watching you for a long time and I am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the bread stuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you lost, you charged it to the bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from the bank and annul its charter, I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves.

Andrew Jackson

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/what-traitorware

Google Christmas Home Page

Posted on2010/12/25AuthorTruXter

I don’t get it.
I have not searched to locate an explanation.
because , well Google’s home page for Christmas time, is stupid.
I can assume it somehow covers a few of the holy day celebrations.
Or something, but if it just strangely spells “Google” I just do not see that.

google home page screenshot

Does anyone have a logical answer as to what the heck the Google home page picture mess means ? the image that is up through the season of 2010, christmas.

Facebook’s Hacker Cup

Posted on2010/12/25AuthorTruXter

Facebook is starting Hacker Cup 2011.
It’s a competition of Hackers to search for fame for their abilities.
I can only assume it’s another big brother thing that facebook is pulling.
In the end we will find out their are just looking for app makers and program modification enthusiasts.
“hey let’s communicate with them on their level” all that will sign up are the easy to bust do nothings.

But here is the quote from their Info on their facebook page

Website:
http://www.facebook.com/hackercup/reg.php
Company Overview:
The Facebook Hacker Cup is an annual Facebook programming competition where hackers compete against each other for fame, fortune, glory and a shot at the coveted Hacker Cup.
Mission:
Many will enter… only one will emerge as world champion.
Products:
www.facebook.com/careers
Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/hackercup

So far it’s just a contest.

List of Tech Video Podcasts

Posted on2010/12/252010/12/25AuthorTruXter

List of tech video podcasts. This way it’s kind of like having your own Tech only DvR. These videos are sort of (not completely though) sorted by topic.

Diggnation – Diggnation is a weekly tech/web culture show based on the top digg.com social bookmarking news stories.

commandN – commandN is a weekly video podcast produced by MGImedia.ca that covers web/
technology news, reviews, and how-to’s.

Tekzilla – Tekzilla feeds your tech hunger! Patrick Norton and Veronica Belmont bring you hands on reviews of the latest gear, tips and tricks that improve the tech you already own and conversations with the most informative experts around.

DLTV – DL.TV is for tech fans, by tech fans. It features some of the most timely and honest views about what is going on in tech today!

GeekBrief Tv – Sorry no description tag. Cali Lewis is hot and smart and talks tech.

GeekBeatTV – GeekBeat.TV presents the day’s hottest stories, tips, trends, and news all in one place. It’s the next can’t-miss show for anyone looking to keep their finger on the pulse of the wired world.

CNET Tech Review

Hacks – Cnet tech Podcast

Hak5 – Hak5 isn’t your typical tech show. It’s hacking in the old-school sense, covering everything from network security, open source and forensics, to DIY modding and the homebrew scene. Damn the warranties, it’s time to Trust your Technolust.

Tap that App – Cnet video Podcast about Apps for your phone, Android and Iphone and Ipad and Ipod Touch.

AppJudgment – With hundreds of apps to choose from for your iPhone, Android, iPad or whatever device you may have, how do know what’s worth the download? AppJudgment is your daily source for mobile app reviews and previews

Wired – G-Lab: CES Speculation, Tablets, 3-D Cameras – Video – Wired

Twit.TV Live – Live streaming Tech Related Videos from Leo Laporte’s Network on Twit.TV

Well in the search for Tech video podcasts, The news is, there are quite a few in Google. The bad news is, many are here one day, gone the next. but there are a few Tech video podcasts that seem to be a good promise to never go away. Should be hours of getting your geeky video on.

This is a nice list of good Tech Related podcasts. None to be the best Tech Podcast but still tech podcasts that are in high quality video. Of course they aren’t embedded or streaming from the bandwidth here.

If you have any Tech podcasts that you think should be in the list, feel free to respond below With show name and or link.

Pc Game of the year Is

Posted on2010/12/22AuthorTruXter

2010 Pc game of the year

Reader’s choice (poll)

According to a poll held on TruXter Tech Review earlier this month
The pc game of the year is Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (12%, 158 Votes)
The choices where
* Battlefield: Bad Company 2
* World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
* Starcraft II
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
* Call of Duty: Black Ops
* Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City
* Need for Speed Hot Pursuit
* Fallout: New Vegas
* Need for Speed World
* Mass Effect

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Not to have a sided opinion, I just don’t see how Battlefield actually won the vote. Modern Warfare or Black Ops Or Warcraft fanboys or Starcraft fanboys. but it was Battlefield.

Installing Hard Drive in External Case

Posted on2010/12/21AuthorTruXter

If you are wanting to set up an external hard drive, by using an external hard drive case and an internal hard drive that you are wanting to use with it, I assure you, this is not a hard task.

For this build and install of the external hard drive kit, We have an acomdata external hard drive case with sata and pata capabilities. Under $30 at Fry’s. The hard drive we are using is a sata 500 gig Seagate under $45 at Fry’s.

First step is to get all of your hardware and spread it out in seperate locations so you can keep your parts visible and easy to distinguish.

External Hard drive Kit.

See that? there is very little in that set. Manual, Power cable, usb cable, case, standing base and hard drive .

Next Step is to open the external case. Usually two up to 4 small screws at one of the ends of the hard drive case.

opening external hard drive case

Now you just have to slide everything out of the external hard drive case. With this one you just push to the other end.

Ejecting the tray

Some of the external hard drive cases have wires inside that are connected to light, just look closely for the wires to slide off , this hard drive case does not have wires for lights.

Dissasymbled External hard drive case

Now the simple step is to connect the wiring before you rock the hard drive into the external case.

Connecting the wires to a hard drive

Inserted hard drive in external case

Now begin to reassemble your hard drive case. most just snap together.

External Hard drive Build

Now you are just reversing everything you did before, only now your gadget weighs a tiny bit more.

Final touches

Put screws back in for the end face plate and then set the stand.

tightening stand for external hard drive case.

Now you just have to connect the usb cable and the power supply and then power on the Hard Drive.

External Hard drive connected

Now that you have the hard drive set up and connected, look for the light on the outside of the case to be on to confirm all is working. Some external hard drive cases have a blinking light if you messed up.

Now watch your computer for any notifications saying that a new device is connected. To take that a step further, look at your list of storage devices and see if a new device shows up in the list.

eternal hard drive

Most Companies that make external hard drive cases, don’t force you into proprietary software, but some do. if your new device does not show up in the list, you may have a few steps to perform before you can access your software stored on the new electronic component.

I hope you liked the HoWto, if you have any questions feel free to ask them below, comments are always open.

Facebook or Twitter

Posted on2010/12/20AuthorTruXter1 Comment

The question has been asked once or twice. Maybe a bit more than that.
But the answer is not available. Sure there are tons of rants and flames and trolls answering but they mean very little when it comes to wondering what to use and how it works. Facebook? or Twitter?
How does Facebook work? how does Twitter work?
To begin, you must have one friend on either network, or they both get very boring very fast.
Then again, you can always make new friends, but you have to be willing to go out of the normal operation of either network.
Facebook
Facebook is a quiet little place where you can see updates of your friend’s current events. If your friend posts them to their Facebook account. Many people have a program on their cell phone, called an “app”. This app allows them to post to their Facebook account while they are out and about in public. This allows them to say stuff like ” at Raging meatball concert and saw a man stage dive on to a crowd of women”. This let’s all of their friends know, that they are at a raging meatball concert and they saw someone stage dive (jump from stage high into and on top of a crowd) landing on women. With Facebook you can type very long messages for your friends to read and add videos directly to your page so your friends can watch them. In most cases that is true. Except with the Facebook application on your phone, you can only type 140 characters. Most people use the Facebook app. On Facebook you can search your old school, or your old job and find people who like that place, now you may or may not have similar interests beyond that , but hey you can always try by adding them as a friend. Beyond that, you kind of have to already know the person before they become your friend. You also get bombarded with requests to join people in a game they play online. And there are millions of games on Facebook. So the requests come constant. all you can do is ignore each game as it it sent. Eventually you will block every game that everyone of your friends play.

You can upload many photos and many videos to Facebook.

Twitter

With twitter, you have a very fast past messaging system if you have enough friends or as they are called on Twitter, “followers”. Really you can follow anyone and watch their activity stream. On twitter you have the chance to block someone specific from seeing your Twitter stream or Twitter posts at any time. not many people bother with that. Hard part is adding people to follow, and even harder is adding people to follow you. That is of course if you use the Twitter system for adding friends. There are however, a few websites that let you find people under specific interests Like WeFollow. This allows you to program the information you see on your twitter page, and have it defined by interests or locations.You can upload photos and videos to other systems that work with Twitter.

You can add news channels on Twitter and get news updates before anyone. you can add your favorite musician on twitter and find out what the heck she/he is thinking before they go on stage.

Downside is there are a bunch of spammer on twitter, so be ready to get nailed with crummy laptop deals. So choose the people you follow, carefully.