NEWS Tik Tok - WTF?

[taxi1]

My understanding is that the internet was born from ARPANET and the Defense Communication Agency’s inability to control early access (this is back in the late 1970’s). Thus led to the creation of MILNET and the privatization of the “internet” around 1995.

For sure the internet bridged off from defense-related tech, but once born it's been off to the races.

 

[CallumJohn]

Except AW…of course…where we are quick to dismiss CHYCAPS and other “others.”

I reckon this sort of messageboard archetype is fine, since you cant deathscroll for 7 hours

 

[Griz882]

I reckon this sort of messageboard archetype is fine, since you cant deathscroll for 7 hours

Never been in the War Zone, I see.

 

[sevenhelmet]

I reckon this sort of messageboard archetype is fine, since you cant deathscroll for 7 hours

Not since HAL left the forum, anyway.

 

[Random8145]

Why did HAL leave?

 

[Griz882]

Why did HAL leave?

HAL is a good dude with a penchant for starting bonfires…and then walking away…to light another. He’s having fun on a different site.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

HAL is a good dude with a penchant for starting bonfires…and then walking away…to light another. He’s having fun on a different site.

I was wondering where he went.

 

[Randy Daytona]

I thought that too, until I was targeted and fell for a ID theft scam myself a few years ago. It's not just old folks, and techniques change and adapt with the technology. There were aspects of their attack that I did not have the knowledge to recognize, and they caught me when I was working and distracted, so I was even less apt to catch the red flags (which I admit were blindingly obvious in hindsight).

Having said that, the cyber awareness challenge is stupid- it's the same stuff, year after year, and falling further behind. Even calling it the "cyber awareness challenge" makes it sound like we're in the 1990s when people were just becoming aware that the internet is a thing.

This might make a good dedicated thread on personal security. I read this article in the WSJ today and I thought about getting a bank safety deposit box to store this 28 digit Apple ID security code. Then again, banks are getting rid of safety deposit boxes and they are harder and harder to find.

The iPhone Setting Thieves Use to Lock You Out of Your Apple Account

The recovery key was designed to make Apple IDs safer. Instead, these victims permanently lost family photos and other precious digital possessions.

www.wsj.com

 

[sevenhelmet]

This might make a good dedicated thread on personal security. I read this article in the WSJ today and I thought about getting a bank safety deposit box to store this 28 digit Apple ID security code. Then again, banks are getting rid of safety deposit boxes and they are harder and harder to find.

The iPhone Setting Thieves Use to Lock You Out of Your Apple Account

The recovery key was designed to make Apple IDs safer. Instead, these victims permanently lost family photos and other precious digital possessions.

www.wsj.com

Paywall. Also, I wouldn't trust a bank with something like that- invariably, you won't be able to access it if you ever need to.

 

[GroundPounder]

Never been in the War Zone, I see.

How do you get access to the War Zone?

 

[Brett327]

Why did HAL leave?

He was banned

 

[Random8145]

How do you get access to the War Zone?

I believe the War Zone was eliminated due to political discussions there getting too personal and out of control.

 

[Random8145]

Anyone know what happened to MasterBates? Says he was last seen back in 2013 (which I realize was a decade ago but doesn't seem that long).

 

[Swanee]

I believe the War Zone was eliminated due to political discussions there getting too personal and out of control.

You have to opt into it on your account preferences section...

 

[Random8145]

You have to opt into it on your account preferences section...

I see; I opted into it but don't see it appearing.