One of my kinks is being watched by strangers online. How can I make sure this is safe?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 30, 2013 -
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Someone is creating accounts using my name and work email address on offensive sites. Looking for guidance on what to do.
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 28, 2013 -
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The Router At my new apartment tracks all my Internet usage. Is there a way to hide it? I don't know much about vpns, But are they the solution? If so I would be willing to pay for a good one. Suggestions?
posted by anonymous
on Jan 11, 2013 -
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Does anyone here have any real life experience with (adult) cam modeling, and if so can you give a potential model advice/pointers/cautionary tales?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 23, 2012 -
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How do I tell Comcast I don't have a piece of equipment they claimed they sent me and avoid getting charged insane fees?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 9, 2012 -
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I love tumblr, but there are a few specific tumblrblogs I need to stop reading to keep my own sanity. I compulsively read a certain set of blogs dozens of times per day. I have unfollowed them, but keep compulsively going directly to their blogs to read them. (This question is one part about software and one part human relations)
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 21, 2012 -
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Do you think it's creepy when you find out someone has Googled you? Semi-related to previous questions about Googling dates, but my date isn't the Googler.
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 8, 2012 -
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Went on a couple of really good dates with a girl from an online dating site, resulted in some minor making out. Now I have to end it for reasons outside of those dates. Should I call her to tell her? Text? In person? Details inside...
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 30, 2012 -
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Someone wrote nasty, upsetting things about me on the Wikipedia page about me. I edited them out, but they're on the edit history page forever, right? Anything I can do?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 12, 2011 -
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My spouse is tracking my computer usage. How can I prevent them from seeing what websites I visit and which chat programs I use?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 1, 2011 -
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Is my roommate spying on me via our shared wireless router? Also, is he sneaking on my general computer use?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 12, 2011 -
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15 years ago, as a teenager, I wrote a fanfic about a sexual encounter and published it under my real name. One of the archives with this story has resurfaced on a new server,
www.50megs.com, unbeknownst to the original owner of the archive. She's tried to have the page removed but to no avail; I've also been in touch with the new host of the site but have been told to just contact the owner - who no longer really owns it. What can I/we do to get this page down?
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 13, 2011 -
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How do you deal with the loss of what turned out to be something you never had? Social engineering relationship question
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 6, 2011 -
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My mother stalks me online and it bothers me. How do I get her to stop. Or, an easier question: How do I stop letting it bug me so much?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 16, 2011 -
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Mom is using the internet for the first time on an old, old laptop with Windows XP, and using it for email and also streaming movies (the pirated kind) on sites like Megavideo. Anything to help her avoid scams and malware? Hoping for software/Firefox extensions as well as maybe a guide for first-time internet users.
posted by anonymous
on Jan 2, 2011 -
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I work for a smallish Phone/TV/Internet company. We believe our network is really the best available, and our service is great, but customers are leaving us at a higher rate than we would like. (not "We're doomed!" levels, but still more than we would like). We are trying to think of "outside the box" ideas to retain and potentially add customers.
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 28, 2010 -
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Question about posting a video of an attack on a bus driver in the hope that viewers might be able to identify the attackers.
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 4, 2010 -
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Facebook is showing a naked picture of my back (with a distinctive tattoo) on one of their banner ads. I did not authorize and do not like this. What can I do about it?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 18, 2010 -
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A juicy, confessional article I wrote years ago, before the Internet, has been referenced, quoted, and even reprinted online without my permission. Will this hurt me with potential employers? A blizzard of special snowflakes after the cut.
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 27, 2010 -
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I know a guy in person that I've been chatting with online. In person, I'm not attracted to him at all. But I am intellectually turned on by the conversations we have.
(Anon because I talk to this guy on the
internet.)
I don't want this to go any farther.
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posted by anonymous
on May 23, 2010 -
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I access the internet in a university halls of residence, with internet access provided by the university. How much of my web browsing is private?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 1, 2010 -
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A past employer started a blog. Several previous employees have started their own sub-blogs and one made a comment about me, using my full name. It wasn't necessarily a negative comment, but he was resentful of me supposedly forcing him to do something which was part of his job. I wasn't the person responsible for making him do anything, so the statement is not true.
I'm puzzled because I had a very friendly, cordial relationship with this person, but whatever. I'm wondering how I should handle asking the company to remove the statement. I'm now working in a different field and I'm not sure how this statement about me will affect future customers.
TIA.
posted by anonymous
on Feb 22, 2010 -
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Hypothetically, let's say that an employee from CompanyX, a rather large large semi-techie company, sent something they shouldn't have to a competitor. The employee didn't use their work email address (which the company can search) but they did use their company computer at work and something like their Yahoo account.
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 26, 2010 -
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As a Facebook refuser (I've never signed up, never will) is there a best way to monitor any photos or writings that may be linked to my (quite rare) real name?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 16, 2009 -
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Can some of you amazing Internet security people explain to me how cautious I need to be about what I do online? Is there a way to explore ideas online that are ideas you'd normally keep private? Or -- do I perhaps not need to worry about this, given the way opposition research and government confirmations actually work?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 12, 2009 -
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Help! Can I salvage this friendship even after experiencing the searing pain of rejection?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 23, 2009 -
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I'm considering a slight career change into the online retail sector and I'd like to know more about distribution models, purchasing from distributors and manufacturers, and how product prices are calculated.
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 29, 2009 -
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Telecom has undercharged me for DSL and land line service the past couple months. Is this going to bite me in the butt? If so, when and how severely?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 2, 2009 -
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What are some examples of Medium-High Traffic websites that have successfully started to make money and how did they do it?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 28, 2009 -
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Someone's been disconnecting/cutting the internet cable wire that runs into my apartment. Why would they do this and what can I/should I do about it?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 15, 2009 -
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