For the Cautious and Paranoid

[VANIAN]

I've noticed alot of talk about having secure mail and being cautious when talking about steroids on the board using your own IP address. What I use for my personal identity protection is www.safeweb.com. It's free, secure(SSL secured 128bit), and it changes your IP address when using it. So what I do is set up my email accounts (using a fake name) while using safeweb with hotmail, yahoo or whatever. I also only log on to my email accounts using safeweb. This will keep your account holder (hotmail, etc) from ever finding out your real IP address, hence, never being able to find out any information about you. It also allows you to configure it to block popup windows if you're surfing for porn or something. So if you're really paranoid or just want to play it safe, check out www.safeweb.com

 

[Nathan]

I hate those damn pop-up windows when all I want is some good quality, wholesome, hardcore porn.

 

[VANIAN]

Another thing I should add that I forgot about, be careful of people who spoof their email addresses. It's quite simple, anyone can do it. There's even a site that you can do it on for a small monthly fee. It's www.sendfakemail.com . Using that site one could pretend to be a moderator or anyone and send out emails to scam people. You should also be carefull about opening any email attachment with an .exe ending. It could be a virus or trojan. A trojan can steal your passwords or put a keylogger on your computer to record everything you type and then sends it off to an email addy. Don't think this is really hard! Anyone can do it, it's alot easier than most people think. There are websites that sell keylogger trojans and password stealers so be safe and watch out for .exe attachments. You also might want to use a test question or signature so people will know it's a real email.