LAS14
LAS14's JournalThe Mormon Press had this little story.
Sorry, I got it from another magazine, no link. But I was glad to see such succinct evidence for the facts that:
Democratic political candidates/leaders* are just more moral than Republican ones.
Politico is not a left wing megaphone.
According to Politico fact checks
Three most un-truthful in order: Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz
Three most truthful in order: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush
* Couldn't tell if this applied only to Obama's days as a candidate
What does "message auto removed" mean?
I posted this in General Discussion: 2016, http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512378889 . It was a warning about a hack I got from trying to log into a pro-Hillary site recommended to me here on DU. I thought others might reasonably try to join the site and might get similarly caught. I see a number of replies with "message auto removed," and I was asked to remove the post, as "it is attracting asshole spammers. "
1 - What does "message auto removed" mean?
2 - Why would such a post attract spammers?
3 - What does a spam message on DU look like/consist of?
4 - Why might there be more than the expected number of self-deleted replies in this thread?
TIA
LAS
Hacking alert
Admins, please let this off-topic post remain, as it’s important that DUers be warned.
My computer got hacked today, and the path to it started on DU, although I don't suspect any bad behavior on the part of DUers. But I thought I should share my experience, lest this happen to someone else.
I posted a question about the whereabouts of Cha and Her Sister, who haven’t been posting since the very end of July. I got several answers and then a DU Mail telling me that Her Sister was present at a different Hillary site, by invitation only, and she gave me a link to it. She also said that another DUer, who apparently is an administrator on that site said that I had previously had difficulty proving I was a human, so she encouraged me to try again. In retrospect that may have been a red flag… dunno.
The DUer has a long history of postings, so I won’t mention her name here. I also won’t mention the name of the web site unless she gives permission. I won’t try to go back there unless I get a screen shot of posts from her and Her Sister on that site.
Anyway, I successfully created an account via the familiar method of getting an authorization message in e-mail. I tried to actually log on, and got to the point of proving I was a human. It was clear that the login process was handled by a separate company whose name I can’t remember, and I’m afraid to go back and look. I moved a graphic around to prove I was human and then got another “pop up” (I don’t think it was a real popup, just a small window looking thing) that looked just like the first, but this wanted me to get involved in a sales pitch for something completely different. I’m not sure what I did, but then I got a 3rd “popup” that looked just like the first two which asked me to call an 800 number.
Here’s where I get embarrassed. I’m really very good about not clicking on suspicious things. But I called this number. Last week I’d had the experience of letting a real Microsoft technician take control of my computer to help with a failure of two level verification. That was not spurious. They fixed the problem, etc., etc. So I can only attribute my idiocy to a lingering glow.
Bottom line, this technician took control of my computer. He “showed me” how my network and e-mails were hacked. I didn’t suspect criminality until he said I couldn’t call back to engage their fixit services. Fortunately I didn’t go that far. They hung up when I asked for a phone number. I did take a screen shot of the instructions he left in notepad, but I can’t use my computer to put it in dropbox. Can’t use it on the internet til it’s cleaned, according to my techie go-to guy.
I don’t know where the intrusion started, whether the Clinton web site’s login company is bad, or whether the Clinton web site itself is bad. But be forwarned.
Thanks,
LAS
Hacking alert
Admins, please let this off-topic post remain, as it’s important that DUers be warned.
My computer got hacked today, and the path to it started on DU, although I don't suspect any bad behavior on the part of DUers. But I thought I should share my experience, lest this happen to someone else.
I posted a question about the whereabouts of Cha and Her Sister, who haven’t been posting since the very end of July. I got several answers and then a DU Mail telling me that Her Sister was present at a different Hillary site, by invitation only, and she gave me a link to it. She also said that another DUer, who apparently is an administrator on that site said that I had previously had difficulty proving I was a human, so she encouraged me to try again. In retrospect that may have been a red flag… dunno.
The DUer has a long history of postings, so I won’t mention her name here. I also won’t mention the name of the web site unless she gives permission. I won’t try to go back there unless I get a screen shot of posts from her and Her Sister on that site.
Anyway, I successfully created an account via the familiar method of getting an authorization message in e-mail. I tried to actually log on, and got to the point of proving I was a human. It was clear that the login process was handled by a separate company whose name I can’t remember, and I’m afraid to go back and look. I moved a graphic around to prove I was human and then got another “pop up” (I don’t think it was a real popup, just a small window looking thing) that looked just like the first, but this wanted me to get involved in a sales pitch for something completely different. I’m not sure what I did, but then I got a 3rd “popup” that looked just like the first two which asked me to call an 800 number.
Here’s where I get embarrassed. I’m really very good about not clicking on suspicious things. But I called this number. Last week I’d had the experience of letting a real Microsoft technician take control of my computer to help with a failure of two level verification. That was not spurious. They fixed the problem, etc., etc. So I can only attribute my idiocy to a lingering glow.
Bottom line, this technician took control of my computer. He “showed me” how my network and e-mails were hacked. I didn’t suspect criminality until he said I couldn’t call back to engage their fixit services. Fortunately I didn’t go that far. They hung up when I asked for a phone number. I did take a screen shot of the instructions he left in notepad, but I can’t use my computer to put it in dropbox. Can’t use it on the internet til it’s cleaned, according to my techie go-to guy.
I don’t know where the intrusion started, whether the Clinton web site’s login company is bad, or whether the Clinton web site itself is bad. But be forwarned.
Thanks,
LAS
Is there a place where I can find Hillary's daily schedule? I...
... don't see it on her web site. Maybe I'm blind.
Does anyone think Goldwater was worse than Trump???
I'd say Goldwater's policies were worse than Trump's because they were coherent, thus more powerful. But on the scale of civility there's no contest.
So why aren't we EXPECTING a sweep of all 50 states? Not just 49???
What do you think about General Discussion: 2016?
I posted the thread below in General Discussion 2016. I have an additional question for the Hillary group. Are you staying away from GD 2016 for the kind of reasons I describe below?
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Do we have a new incarnation of the same old rage thing?
I've noticed that pro-Hillary and/or issues based posts don't get a lot of response. Sometimes just plain negative (note one where I said I was excited by Hillary's economic speech and the first response said, in effect, "Yeah, the proof is in the pudding."
This forum has somewhat the feel of the old Primaries forum. Lots of yelling and dissing and mocking. The difference, of course, is that Hillary was the target before, and the target now, Donald Trump, deserves every bit of mocking anyone can drum up. But, I find, I'm getting a little bored with it, especially without a healthy mix of pre-Hillary stuff beyond gloating about polls.
Do we have a new incarnation of the same old rage thing?
I've noticed that pro-Hillary and/or issues based posts don't get a lot of response. Sometimes just plain negative (note one where I said I was excited by Hillary's economic speech and the first response said, in effect, "Yeah, the proof is in the pudding."
This forum has somewhat the feel of the old Primaries forum. Lots of yelling and dissing and mocking. The difference, of course, is that Hillary was the target before, and the target now, Donald Trump, deserves every bit of mocking anyone can drum up. But, I find, I'm getting a little bored with it, especially without a healthy mix of pre-Hillary stuff beyond gloating about polls.
Hillary's got some exciting ideas!!
It's getting so you feel like Hillary's main selling point is she's "stable" and "not Trump." If you didn't hear her economic speech in Detroit yesterday, check it out on Youtube. It really got my blood running. Hope remains the word!
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