Subj : Re: NoScript
To : Nick Andre
From : Ed Vance
Date : Tue Jul 28 2020 10:16 pm
07-28-20 05:29 Nick Andre wrote to Ed Vance about Re: NoScript
Howdy! Nick,
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NA> On 27 Jul 20 17:38:00, Ed Vance said the following to All:
EV> I am too cautious (paranoid?) to Always Allow every Safe Address, thinking
EV> that even a popular web page/web site may get bit by Malware put on it by
EV> a Black Hat Hacker (even for a short time) and my visiting that page would
EV> allow the Black Hat Hackers GIFT to get in my computer.
NA> No normal person sits there and debugs website code to the level you
NA> are describing unless they are being paid a handsome salary.
You have been a BBS User for a long time and I would had thought that You
know that I wasn't a normal person from reading messages that I post.
NA> The scenario you are worried about just doesn't happen. Even if it were
NA> to happen, you would likely find out about it on the news first. If you
NA> were to be hit with malware chances are your computer would exhibit
NA> tell-tale signs, not your bank accounts.
I usually don't watch or listen to TV or Radio when the News is being told
about.
I use Mailwasher free and Mozilla Thunderbird for Email.
If I see an unwanted Email after I used Mailwasher to see if the Mail
Server has any for me I will go to the Web Mail site and delete that message,
Before I Sign In to the Email option, I will see aome links to News Articles
and I may read the summary of a few of them and then go do what I wanted to
do, then I Sign Out and use Mailwasher to check Email again, and then
Get Email with Thunderbird and read the messages.
I don't use the computer for any bsnking, If I want to buy something I see
advertised by a Companies internet page, I will call their toll free number
to see if they will accept my personal check for the item and then send what
I ordered when the check has cleared. Works for me.
NA> If you are that paranoid about browser security, then piece together a
NA> seperate dedicated system to browse the web with which has absolutely
NA> no personal files whatsoever, no saved passwords, no access to any
NA> network shares or devices etc.
Thanks for the idea.
I've learned about accessories being made for the Commodore 64 that have
a CAT-5 connector that I could run a cable from that to a port on the Router
to use the internet with the C=64.
And it might be the same accessory that has a SD Card slot built in on it.
Both of those things have crossed my mind, but I haven't desired to shell out
any cash to buy new things for the c=64.
73 de Ed W9ODR . .
... Listen in total darkness, very quietly
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