Quote Originally Posted by Buck268
Under the new terrorism laws, I would be worried about sharing too much info anywhere online if you patron this site...

I'm a paranoid son of a bitch though...
Howdy Buck268,

We got something in common then..cuz I'm paranoid too ! lol A couple of my favorite sayings are :" Only the Paranoid Survive", and : "100% Paranoia = 100% Awareness" .

Want to hear a creepy story of how the goverment is looking out for you ?

My girlfriend was targetted by a Nigerian money scammer,and she bought into his pack of lies and tall tales just enough to begin corresponding with this feller. She got several emails and even an emailed document for proof of bank registery an other details,that appeared to give legitamacey to the whole mess. She even talked to the feller on the phone-overseas-but shortly after that,we decided not to play the 'game' - anymore and stopped all coms to the feller. We got kind of angry over the whole mess and I decided to look into filing a complaint-which led me to the 419 Coalition,a group of folks that handle the Nigerian money scammers and whom are civilians,I think. I never did file a complaint and I did not allow any cookies or anything else,to be inserted during my session at the website.

One day,several months later-we got a phone call from someone at the 419 Coalition and they said that they had been advised by the Secret Service,to warn us against using a certain bank,if we went through with the scam. I never entered any personal info into any form,nor did we call anyone officially. Needless to say-the hairs on my neck stood up ! Being a naturally paranoid person,it rocked my world ! lol I sort of felt glad,that the goverment was looking out for it's citizens..but at what price ? The monitoring of all overseas coms ?

One can use PGP to encrypt all coms-but your buddy,has to have it too..and that's the case with all coms,both parties have to have an encryption program and key. One can also use an anonymous proxy connection,but it's usually a pain in the butt and slows things down somewhat.

Have a good one...Torog