Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[fuzzi]

My reaction whenever Tractor Supply claims they have something in-store that I want, or when the Lowes website states that the item I’m looking for is on Aisle 22, bin 17:
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Lowe's gets it wrong, too.

 

[fuzzi]

Tomatoes Tax

Joanna, Hannah, Rahab (left to right)

 

[ChaosMom]

Lowe's gets it wrong, too.

Lowe’s grocery or hardware? I can never remember which has the apostrophe. No Lowes groceries around here.

I like Lowes, as much as I like any big box store, but someone’s son-in-law got hired to run their IT. Even the employees can’t keep caught up on what got moved where since their last shift.

 

[notabitail]

And too make it worse, I think it was either a update or McAfee security software that messed it up. Making things safer, just unusable.
Anymore a smartphone is needed for so many things.
Some I don't do, tickets to concerts, sports or airplane, but no paper tickets anymore.
I order my feed online so it's ready to pickup, and they want the order number at one place and the email at another. It's a half hour away for any of the 3 , so I want a full load of 12 bags. Half the time they think they have it but don't.

Delete McAfee. As far as I know it's pretty bad about privacy. If you have Windows 10, you should be fine with just Windows Defender.

I have tried to uninstall McAfee using the conventional uninstall button and it left some parts behind that run at startup. I'm not sure of a exact program to recommend, but there are programs that will wipe the rest of it away.

 

[thistlewick]

The best way to prevent yourself from getting anything untoward happening to you with any 'data' is to not click on links in emails and don't go to sketchy/pervy/gross/unsafe websites. Don't click on things. Don't click on ads.

If you see something that interests you, open a new tab, go to Google (for crying our loud, its freaking safe, and the best search engine) and search for the thing the ad was showing. Don't click on the 'sponsored' links.

If you want a small, efficient, anti-virus that won't hijack your machine's memory, use Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes also runs a browser extension that will keep your clicky fingers safe from clicking anything unsafe.

But there is really no reason to be worried about your data. If you want to be worried about it because it makes you feel better, you can - but there is nothing to be worried about so maybe spend that energy worried about something else. Just my 0.02

citation(s) and source(s): grew up in silicon valley, parent/siblings NECK deep in tech back when it was just the military and I've kept abreast at the bleeding edge of it my entire life. I'm a geek AND a nerd, what can I say.


edit for tax bc it's hatch day at my house!

 

[notabitail]

The best way to prevent yourself from getting anything untoward happening to you with any 'data' is to not click on links in emails and don't go to sketchy/pervy/gross/unsafe websites. Don't click on things. Don't click on ads.

If you see something that interests you, open a new tab, go to Google (for crying our loud, its freaking safe, and the best search engine) and search for the thing the ad was showing. Don't click on the 'sponsored' links.

Ad blockers are what I recommend for most people who like to click on ads. uBlock Origin is good.

Google still has plenty of unsafe links.

 

[ChaosMom]

I was thinking more of my credit and healthcare data, which I know are out there (I’ve seen pics of them). Equifax and BCBS leaks, well-documented, plus others. One was data from records of federal workers, which I was at that time. I doubt that anyone finds my cranky opinions interesting enough to go mining my posts etc.

But of course, using common sense and not clicking on weird links and emails is an absolutely required first step.

 

[ChaosMom]

Ad blockers are what I recommend for most people who like to click on ads. uBlock Origin is good.

Google still has plenty of unsafe links.

One of the best things about running ad blockers and restricting tracking is not getting “suggestions” from Google two seconds later of something I might like to buy because of a site I had just visited.

 

[thistlewick]

Ad blockers are what I recommend for most people who like to click on ads. uBlock Origin is good.

Google still has plenty of unsafe links.

Yeah I use uBlock origin on Firefox

And bc meta is such a turd, I only use 1 browser for Facebook, and I am not logged into anything else on that browser, except a web based dragon-breeding game, bc I'm THAT nerdy.

I was thinking more of my credit and healthcare data, which I know are out there (I’ve seen pics of them). Equifax and BCBS leaks, well-documented, plus others. One was data from records of federal workers, which I was at that time. I doubt that anyone finds my cranky opinions interesting enough to go mining my posts etc.

But of course, using common sense and not clicking on weird links and emails is an absolutely required first step.

No one is looking for your healthcare data - there is nothing to earn off it. No one is looking for your credit data other than to try and sell you loans and credit cards.

Sure, there is the chance that someone might steal your cc information to make 1 online purchase but the banks are SO freaking good at identifying fake purchases now that barely happens anymore.

All the frauds and scams are now moving to phishing. And the phishing emails are GOOD and LOOK real.


But never, ever, click a link in an email. If your bank says "hey, omg, this has happened and your balance is lowwwww" or "OMG your credit card got unlinked and won't pay bills, login to re-add your credit card" or some other bullpucky.

Just login to your bank on a new tab and check there, if its legit, there will be a message in your online banking inbox account.

 

[ChaosMom]

They may be no monetary value in my healthcare data, but my career was in health information, I was briefly a HIPAA Privacy Officer, and I was always responsible for maintaining the privacy and security of any and all patient records I was in. Which was a lot, as I worked for the VA.

Any stolen credit information, especially when matched to other files with dates of birth, etc., are most certainly used to apply for new credit in the victim’s name, and no, it is not at all simple to prove fraudulent use and get the lenders and then collection agencies off your back. (Source: husband’s career in the credit industry.)

I bristle at the idea of ANYONE having access to my electronic data, whether they profit from it or not.