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VanillaRhapsody

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14. No its not a lie....the internet IS not and has never been private...

Reply to usGovOwesUs3Trillion (Reply #12)

Thu Aug 8, 2013, 05:48 PM

Aug 2013

If you don't think any hacker can get your email address....you are sadly misinformed. I happen to know a thing or two about how the internet works....been at it for a long time. There is no privacy on the Internet. Never was and I doubt it ever will be. Everything you do can be tracked to your IP address...which is the physical location of your computer on the Internet. Everything you do is sent in packets. Oh and encryption is only works as a deterrent.

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There is no way to hide....if it is discovered...it can be hacked... VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #1

They knew how to get the chalice of the Palace Rex Aug 2013 #2

And people who use backup services like carbonite think their files are 'secure', too! Purveyor Aug 2013 #3

The Internet is a giant party line VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #5

What's my phone number? usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #8

that would be your IP address dude VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #11

Now you are talking nonesense. usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #13

No....and I suggest you educate yourself.. VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #15

zzzZZZzzz usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #17

That is simply not true. usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #7

there IS physically no privacy on the Internet...seriously dude.. VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #9

That is a lie. We don't have privacy because we have PIRACY usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #12

No its not a lie....the internet IS not and has never been private... VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #14

YES IT IS. If ANY HACKER could get my private information NO ONE would be doing business online usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #16

Oh you are an "expert" VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #18

That's right usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #19

"to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years"... Purveyor Aug 2013 #4

they got Levison grasswire Aug 2013 #6

the realization that his false sense of privacy was just an illusion perhaps? VanillaRhapsody Aug 2013 #10

It sucks. moondust Aug 2013 #20