Re: Fwd: [Krebs on Security] Don't Give Away Historic Details About Yourself

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

It's funny to think that, years ago, I voluntarily participated in monthly
consumer surveys that I received in the mail.  There's little doubt that
most of that data was shared with various government agencies and other
businesses.  It's quite possible that they know everything about me
already.

The only email address I have for Marnie is http://www.gmail.com/~369marnie .

 > From: Flora <http://www..family/~flora>
 > Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 09:15:44 +0000
 >
 > Thought that I would pass this along as a gentle reminder.
 > 
 > By the way, the emails that I'm sending to Marnie are not going through.
 > Does anyone know if she has a new email or what email she is currently
 > using?
 > 
 > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
 > From: Brian Krebs Bot <http://www.krebsonsecurity.com/~bk>
 > Date: Mon, Apr 9, 2018, 1:03 AM
 > Subject: [Krebs on Security] Don't Give Away Historic Details About Yourself
 > To: <http://www.krebsonsecurity.com/~bk>
 > 
 > Krebs on Security has posted a new item.
 > 
 > Social media sites are littered with seemingly innocuous little quizzes,
 > games
 > and surveys urging people to reminisce about specific topics, such as "What
 > was your first job," or "What was your first car?" The problem with
 > participating in these informal surveys is that in doing so you may be
 > inadvertently giving away the answers to "secret questions" that can be used
 > to unlock access to a host of your online identities and accounts.
 > 
 > I'm willing to bet that a good percentage of regular readers here would
 > never
 > respond -- honestly or otherwise -- to such questionnaires (except perhaps
 > to
 > chide others for responding). But I thought it was worth mentioning because
 > certain social networks -- particularly Facebook -- seem positively overrun
 > with these data-harvesting schemes. What's more, I'm constantly asking
 > friends
 > and family members to stop participating in these quizzes and to stop urging
 > their contacts to do the same.
 > 
 > On the surface, these simple questions may be little more than an attempt at
 > online engagement by otherwise well-meaning companies and individuals.
 > Nevertheless, your answers to these questions may live in perpetuity online,
 > giving identity thieves and scammers ample ammunition to start gaining
 > backdoor access to your various online accounts.