Interesting facts....hahahahah

I feel frustrated when it's so hard to find a person in my friend list nowadays.. Sad, because the reason why i migrated to Facebook in the 1st place was because, unlike Friendster, people use their real names there..

The same reason why i use my real name for my e-mail address, because apparently i'm not ashamed of my own name, no matter how weird it might sound to some people sometimes...beepee......... IT'S MY NICKNAME DR Bahma.

Plus, i think nicknames are too childish.. Imagine this scenario, when you already became a well-established person in the future.. a doctor.. a laywer.. or a businessman even.. Then a VVIP came to you and asked for your e-mail address.. You reluctantly answer, "Err, it's bp_boy03@hotmail.com

I also find it amusing when people, without thinking, put their relationship status as "in an open relationship". Do they even know what it actually means?

Well, it's used when a certain couple agreed to let each other have intimate relationships with other people at the same time, be it outside or inside a marriage. Now think again, do you really fall into that category?

And lastly, i know some might disagree on this one.. But in my opinion, some things are better left off limits, no matter how two persons love each other.. Like e-mail passwords and social network accounts.. I know you trust each other.. I also know that some might say, "I don't have anything to hide, so what's the problem?"

But would you two walk around the house naked after marriage, simply because technically, u "don't have anything to hide"? No? Why still hide it then?.hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I HAVE RECEIVED IT...HAD YOU????PHISING MAILS

Remember the first rule of making money? Don’t lose your money. I’m sure if you use the internet and email, eventually you will receive emails like the one below.




Many people will just click on the link without giving it too much thought. In this case, this email seem to come from CIMB but I’ve receive from other banks as well.

What makes this email seem so authentic is the way the phisers put CIMB, highlighted in yellow. However when you look closer, you can see the email was sent out from a site I underlined in red. I’m sure banks or any financial institution will not send out emails from a different server.

So, the next time when you get such an email, you’ll know it is a scam. Delete it immediately and don’t even click on the links. Some emails have been known to carry virus that is downloaded just by clicking on such links. So remember, don’t fall for phishing scams.

Google revealed that it had mistakenly collected information about Internet sites people had visited on public Wi-Fi networks.

The admission came from Google engineering head Alan Eustace in the form of a blog post. In the statement, Google said that it had been unknowingly gathering the personal data for over three years through its Street View photo-mapping feature. The discovery was made during internal investigation resulting from earlier concerns by German regulators over the issue. Two weeks ago, Google told European officials that, while it did collect data from Wi-Fi services for location technologies, it did not save private user data. In yesterday's announcement, however, Google admitted that these claims were actually incorrect.

An estimated 600 gigabytes of personal data had apparently been collected because of a software error from 2006. Google Street View vehicles caught bits of information from unsecured or public Wi-Fi networks in both Europe and the United States, as well as around 30 other countries where Street View is used.
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In my opinion google should had at least checked their systems frequently so that they will be able to detect the fault in its system. Google must had also asked the permission to the countries so that other relevant information which also gets included in the system is usable or not.Google in order for them to be on the save side can use the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as a defendent as its the ISP which provides the information captured on the google software. In this example Google could sue the ISP as they provide google with information which is not needed by them.

Meghna Naidu's email hacked

Item girl Meghna Naidu's email id was hacked and the hacker used her account to write obscene mails about her, a police complaint filed by the actress said.

“I came to know that my gmail account has been hacked Saturday. The person was chatting with my friends and writing all obscene things about me. While talking with my friends, the impostor wrote that I am pregnant and wanted to abort the child,” Meghna told IANS Wednesday.
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From the act done by the hacker there is clearly an act of DEFAMATION

Defamation is the act of damaging the reputation of another by means of false and injurious communications that expose that person to contempt, ridicule, or social hatred.

IT OCCURED IN slander -oral communication

Meghna should had :
changed her password often
don't share it with others and also keep away form joining unauthorized groups which has cookies which would be able to track her personal information

PREVENTING E-MAIL PHISHING

Email identity theft is perpetrated to convince others that they are legitimate firms that have legitimate reasons for asking for people's financial information such as bank access, credit card numbers and so forth. This is phishing.

The first suggestion for prevention of email identity theft is to use a DNS service supplier or domain registrar not related to your Web host company. This is useful to prevent your being blocked on the Web if someone passes themselves off as you and commits phishing or spamming expeditions.

You might want to take this one step further and keep a second copy of your site as a hot backup from a second server and host provider. If the first host company fails you can switch quickly.

Shorten your Time to Live (TTL) settings, which will limit your DNS records lifetime. The longer your cached copies of the DNS records are available the longer users can be directed to the fraudulent site.

If you can, choose a host that gives you an IP address that is not shared. If you share your address and the other sites are victims of email identity theft, you could be shut down when they are.

Finally, if you are a consumer and receive an email from a bank or what seems a legitimate business, never click on the link in the email. Manytimes these will take you to sites that may look ligitimate, but are set up to try to dup you into providing personally identifiable information.Never transact business with people or companies you don't know and can't verify.

PREVENT IDENTITY THEFT

There are basically some measures to actualy be save on the usage of internet to saveguard informations. In my opinion i have listed certain ways to protect online theft
1. Protect your Social Security number

2. Treat your trash and mail carefully

3. Be on guard when using the Internet

4. Select intricate passwords

5. Verify sources before sharing information

6. Safeguard your purse and wallet

7. Store information in secure locations

SPYING ON KIDS.......for good reasons

In the wake of fears over paedophiles 'groooming' children on the internet, parents are now using powerful software to monitor what their offspring do and say online.

The sophisticated programmes, which seem more suited to the world of espionage than a child's bedroom, can record and analyse every word typed into a computer while a child surfs the net.

Some of the software programmes can compile daily or weekly reports and email them to parents who can check for signs of paedophile activity or see if their children have sought access to unsuitable websites. The reports give a detailed breakdown of what the child typed into chatrooms, emails or message boards and also replies.

By having this actions taken, parents will be able to monitor the kid's behavior and also prevent unethical things which could destroy their kids future...Parents could protect a child by controlling what he or she can and cannot access.

more information can be sough at http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2003/feb/02/security.childrensservices