by sandy82 » July 20th, 2005, 6:00 pm
deathjdstn, I'm reasonably sure that virtually all the registered users who post regularly are good-hearted souls. I can't vouch for the thousands I have not seen. (Out of those thousands I did catch one last night placing indirect ads for another website in the Forums. But that's another story.)
It's entirely your call, but I strongly suggest that you not mention even that you have a checking account or a Visa card or a debit card, or whatever. When you do that you give a hacker part of the information he needs to go after you. A month from now you may mention in "Idle Chatter" that your bank, Wells Fargo, doesn't treat its customers so badly, and there's another piece of the puzzle. At some point you may tell someone your real name. Presto!
Am I paranoid? Hell, yes! When Citibank/group/corp loses info on measly millions of customers, followed by Bank of America and others...everybody should be paranoid.
Makidas, I share your frustration, not at deathjdstn's instructions (which were very good), but at the way things work now. Best solution. Go to Colorado Springs and sit outside the Post Office until a guy with brown hair goes in. Look for grey eyes. If you whisper "Obedient, relaxed" and he jumps two feet, either you've got the right person or your target will run screaming out into the street. If you've found EMG, hand him the cash. Also if we can convince EMG that punk is "in", purple hair is much easier to spot from a distance. :)