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There are some who fail for it?

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  • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

    That reminds me, I recently got an email telling me to send bitcoins because they recorded me doing naughty stuff and they'd send it to all my contacts. Of course I'm smarter than to send them bitcoins. I send a naughty video of myself to all my contacts instead, that hacker got nothing on me! :D Seriously though, I had a chuckle over that one :laugh:

    Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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    Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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    Glad not on your contact list...

    "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018

    "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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    • C CPallini

      You are an outlier. :)

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      Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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      A survivor you mean :-)

      "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018

      "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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        before you send your naughty self-vids to your contacts consider do your contacts really want to see you doing strange stuff? ask them to send you bitcoins to NOT send it to them. ... and to prove it's not a scam perhaps attach some thumbnail / edited preview clips. Edit: ... those contacts that do want to see it: ask them for bitcoins to get the unedited version. Either way you get bitcoins. Retirement plan complete.

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        Daniel Pfeffer
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        lopati: roaming wrote:

        ask them to send you bitcoins to NOT send it to them.

        Now, why didn't I think of that? X| :)

        Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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          On my destkop, no camera. On my notebook the camera is * disabled in control panel * taped with black electrician tape The same goes for the microphone BTW...

          GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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          CodeWraith
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          den2k88 wrote:

          taped with black electrician tape

          I always use the silver write protection stickers for 5 1/4 inch floppies for that.

          I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

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          • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

            A survivor you mean :-)

            "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018

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            CPallini
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            Usually outliers are removed... :-D

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              Usually outliers are removed... :-D

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              Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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              ...from the spotlight, but not from the table...and when the war is over...

              "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018

              "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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              • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

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                I know your password is: 827404512906727... ...I can see everything on your screen, turn on your camera or microphone and you won't even notice about it...

                Believe me, my dear friend - if you would turn on my camera I would notice it! You probably would have some special prize and the ability to make a lot of money... Maybe an unexpected career in the military intelligence... A person who able to turn on a non-existent hardware has no limit to what to go for...

                "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018

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                Nelek
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                Got the same email too. The password is from a site I haven't used in the last 15 years and I have had no webcam in the last 10 years. But I can imagine a bunch of people will be scared to death if they receive such an email and I know a couple of them

                M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                  ...from the spotlight, but not from the table...and when the war is over...

                  "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018

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                  Lee Ki Yeul
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                  Thanks for all of you about advice. I'll post new article and consider sample programs which is useful by itself.

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                  • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

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                    I know your password is: 827404512906727... ...I can see everything on your screen, turn on your camera or microphone and you won't even notice about it...

                    Believe me, my dear friend - if you would turn on my camera I would notice it! You probably would have some special prize and the ability to make a lot of money... Maybe an unexpected career in the military intelligence... A person who able to turn on a non-existent hardware has no limit to what to go for...

                    "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018

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                    Tom Deketelaere
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                    Unfortunately a lot off people fall for it ... I'm the same as you, at home desktop with no camera attached (or mic). My work laptop has one but that is disabled in control panel and I doubt that video off me programming is going to freak anyone out... (and I never take my work laptop home so ...) I haven't received such email tho, I never get the scam phone calls either. Starting to feel left out :sigh: ;P

                    Tom

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                    • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

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                      I know your password is: 827404512906727... ...I can see everything on your screen, turn on your camera or microphone and you won't even notice about it...

                      Believe me, my dear friend - if you would turn on my camera I would notice it! You probably would have some special prize and the ability to make a lot of money... Maybe an unexpected career in the military intelligence... A person who able to turn on a non-existent hardware has no limit to what to go for...

                      "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018

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                      Dominic Burford
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                      I had a similar email a while back. Apparently they had hijacked my passwords and had been watching me via my laptop's camera. Unfortunately my laptop hasn't got a camera. Nice try :laugh:

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                        On my destkop, no camera. On my notebook the camera is * disabled in control panel * taped with black electrician tape The same goes for the microphone BTW...

                        GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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                        Blue masking tape for me...

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                        • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

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                          I know your password is: 827404512906727... ...I can see everything on your screen, turn on your camera or microphone and you won't even notice about it...

                          Believe me, my dear friend - if you would turn on my camera I would notice it! You probably would have some special prize and the ability to make a lot of money... Maybe an unexpected career in the military intelligence... A person who able to turn on a non-existent hardware has no limit to what to go for...

                          "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018

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                          Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:

                          Believe me, my dear friend - if you would turn on my camera I would notice it!

                          But you didn't, and I've already lost eight dollars on pornhub because of people demanding their money back plus damages!

                          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                            You are an outlier. :)

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                            Dean Roddey
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                            My phone and Surface have black tape on the cameras, and those are the only ones I have.

                            Explorans limites defectum

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                              Got the same email too. The password is from a site I haven't used in the last 15 years and I have had no webcam in the last 10 years. But I can imagine a bunch of people will be scared to death if they receive such an email and I know a couple of them

                              M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                              Dean Roddey
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                              There was a hack long ago on a big site. I forget which one. I got one of those e-mails that had the password from that old site. Of course that demonstrates why we shouldn't use the same password on multiple sites. It did encourage me to go back and make sure of that at least. Back in those happier, more innocent days, it probably wasn't uncommon for even fairly technically astute people to use the same password. I had done it a few times, but all of them were either defunct now, or a couple online stores that only had many years of of date info that would have just set off alarms if they tried to use it.

                              Explorans limites defectum

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                              • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                                That reminds me, I recently got an email telling me to send bitcoins because they recorded me doing naughty stuff and they'd send it to all my contacts. Of course I'm smarter than to send them bitcoins. I send a naughty video of myself to all my contacts instead, that hacker got nothing on me! :D Seriously though, I had a chuckle over that one :laugh:

                                Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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                                Mycroft Holmes
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                                What are these contact things people are talking about?

                                Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP

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                                  What are these contact things people are talking about?

                                  Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP

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                                  Sander Rossel
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                                  Short for contact lenses, obviously :D

                                  Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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                                  • L Lost User

                                    before you send your naughty self-vids to your contacts consider do your contacts really want to see you doing strange stuff? ask them to send you bitcoins to NOT send it to them. ... and to prove it's not a scam perhaps attach some thumbnail / edited preview clips. Edit: ... those contacts that do want to see it: ask them for bitcoins to get the unedited version. Either way you get bitcoins. Retirement plan complete.

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                                    Sander Rossel
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                                    Great plan! So you better start sending me some bitcoins or I'll use the private email thingy... :-\

                                    Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

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                                      Blue masking tape for me...

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                                      New definition of "blue (masking?) film" :laugh: :o

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                                        before you send your naughty self-vids to your contacts consider do your contacts really want to see you doing strange stuff? ask them to send you bitcoins to NOT send it to them. ... and to prove it's not a scam perhaps attach some thumbnail / edited preview clips. Edit: ... those contacts that do want to see it: ask them for bitcoins to get the unedited version. Either way you get bitcoins. Retirement plan complete.

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                                        Hooga Booga
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                                        ask them to send you bitcoins to NOT send it to them.

                                        Literal LOL. Made my morning - Thanks!

                                        Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx

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                                        • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

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                                          I know your password is: 827404512906727... ...I can see everything on your screen, turn on your camera or microphone and you won't even notice about it...

                                          Believe me, my dear friend - if you would turn on my camera I would notice it! You probably would have some special prize and the ability to make a lot of money... Maybe an unexpected career in the military intelligence... A person who able to turn on a non-existent hardware has no limit to what to go for...

                                          "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018

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                                          SeattleC
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                                          I was able to solve this problem without my camera lens getting all tape-sticky by simply not masturbating in front of my computer while watching porn. Kinda spoiled the scam in my case. Let me guess...I'm an...outlier?

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