Re: Warning, careful what you click on

2021-02-21 Thread Larry Colen
> On Feb 21, 2021, at 6:06 PM, Bill wrote: > > Having said that, I have been practicing social distancing since 1957, I > realize that I am not exactly mainstream. I’ve been one of the best reasons for it since 1960. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Warning, careful what you click on

2021-02-21 Thread Bill
On Sun., Feb. 21, 2021, 3:48 p.m. John, wrote: > I don't personally do facebook myself, but I don't think this is a reason > to > condemn "social media" all together. After all, PDML is "social media". > The old adage that any group that will let me join and all that. My problem is more with the

Re: Warning, careful what you click on

2021-02-21 Thread Larry Colen
> On Feb 21, 2021, at 1:51 PM, John wrote: > > I have problems with text messages - fat fingers. I can text, but only > because I found a stylus that works with my phone. > I have a wonderful cheat, an app called Pulse. It allows me to send texts from my computer (actually anything I have

Re: Warning, careful what you click on

2021-02-21 Thread John
I have problems with text messages - fat fingers. I can text, but only because I found a stylus that works with my phone. On 2/20/2021 20:47:58, Bill wrote: I use common email for that. The daughter says I'm pretty much the only person that sends her emails. I have recently learned how to send

Re: Warning, careful what you click on

2021-02-21 Thread John
I don't personally do facebook myself, but I don't think this is a reason to condemn "social media" all together. After all, PDML is "social media". There are criminals trying to take advantage of you in anything you do. You have to be careful, but you can't just withdraw entirely from life.

Re: Warning, careful what you click on

2021-02-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Yes, I received the same. On macOS, all you need to do is hover the mouse pointed over the link and the Finder will display the complete text of the link in a pop-up. You can instantly see whether it is what it purports to be that way. If you don't understand what the link's text is, it's best

Re: Warning, careful what you click on

2021-02-20 Thread Bill
I use common email for that. The daughter says I'm pretty much the only person that sends her emails. I have recently learned how to send text messages. Pretty cool, actually, but might be a little personal for crackbook. bill On Sat., Feb. 20, 2021, 5:15 p.m. ann sanfedele, wrote: > > sometim

Re: Warning, careful what you click on

2021-02-20 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 6:15 PM ann sanfedele wrote: > > sometimes you really do want to send someone a message privately so I > think most of us know > to put something very specific in the first few words of the message > which the person getting it > can recognize it as really you. > Ann, th

Re: Warning, careful what you click on

2021-02-20 Thread ann sanfedele
The one I got had an https with a youtube tease and an address that ended in .ru as long as you don't follow links in messenger you are safe.. my rule of thumb in facebook is never to open any message from any friend unless the tease line (that shows in the notification panel)  is very specific

Re: Warning, careful what you click on

2021-02-20 Thread Bill
Another great reason to stay the hell away from Facebook in particular and social media in general. bill On Sat., Feb. 20, 2021, 4:44 p.m. Larry Colen, wrote: > I just got a facebook PM from Paul with “look what I found” > When I clicked on it, it purported to be a facebook login, but the URL >

Warning, careful what you click on

2021-02-20 Thread Larry Colen
I just got a facebook PM from Paul with “look what I found” When I clicked on it, it purported to be a facebook login, but the URL wasn’t at facebook Someone used it to steal Paul’s facebook password and use that to phish all his friends. I’m posting it here because I expect a lot of others he