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Drake
LA, CA
Age: 34
Mar 16, 2009
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5578 Re: ReputationDefender
Chris - See question 5031 by Anthony in Washington D.C. He did not find them helpful.
Look at the information they require to perform their duties and weigh that and you confidence in their system and trust in their employees against the value of your privacy. Are you sure you need someone else to defend your online presence? Can you not do the same thing yourself?
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Drake
LA, CA
Age: 34
Mar 16, 2009
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5571 Police collect phone numbers
It goes both ways. Police capture and record a lot of information that goes into databases only law enforcement is allowed access, and, they are given information from other agencies by way of various databases to which only legitimate law enforcement agencies are allowed access. Some of this information is sent to 'Fusion Centers' around the country. This information is also accessed by Federal Agencies.
The public is not allowed to see the contents of these databases and they would probably be bored if they could. (Compare this to submitting a Freedom of Information Act request for your personal file to the FBI. You probably don't have one, yet. But you will once you request it.) Law enforcement is hampered in many of their investigations by the restrictions placed on their use of private databases. Generally a warrant would be necessary, and may be denied for numerous (weak) reasons. These are databases the public can use with a permissible purpose.
So, the police do capture a lot of information for use in future investigations. You can control a lot of what they collect with planning. What they collect will likely be shared with other agencies and may even make it to a Fusion Center.
Submitted Link #1: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,188...
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Drake
LA, CA
Age: 34
Mar 16, 2009
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5568 Wal-Mart and E-records
Remember that Wal-Mart security department is STAFFED AND RUN by former federal officers of USG 3-Letter Agencies. (Google "Wal-Mart+Intelligence Officers")
There is good reason for this; in 2005 Wal-mart was the 7th largest export trading partner for CHINA. ("Wal-Mart bought $18 billion in apparel and other goods from China last year, an increase from $10 billion in 2001, making it the country’s seventh-largest export trading partner ahead of the United Kingdom.")
The 7th largest EXPORT PARTNER. The 6th and 8th were OTHER COUNTRIES. In 2009 I think they were listed as 4th.
Entering Wal-Mart should make your hackles go up. You ARE being watched, you ARE being tracked, any information you let loose WILL be collected, saved, aggregated and sold.
Submitted Link #1: http://walmart.nwanews.com/wm_story.php?paper=adg&...
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John
Virginia Beach, VA
Age: 39
Mar 16, 2009
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Re: Seth 5574
Seth,
Actually it doesn't even take a deep pocket govt agency to activate your cell and listen in and/or view through the camera. I watched a show not too long ago where a hacker with basic knowledge of the system used a laptop and a few other simple devices to activate the "target" phone without the user knowing and listen in on a conversation in the room. I think the show was on privacy (or the lack thereof) and how easy it is for people to snoop on others.
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Dorothy
Topeka, KS
Age: 40
Mar 16, 2009
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Post #5574 Seth
I am somewhat of an "expert" on prepaid cell phone plans. But that is irrelevant to my point: As a matter of personal preparedness and personal security: One should ALWAYS be in personal possession of at least one prepaid anonymous cell phone with at least 20 minutes on it, carried in two pieces: Battery, and the "rest" of the phone. Here's why:
With a prepaid cell phone with 20 minutes available on it, one can call 9-1-1 for free AND still have 20 minutes available for calling for help from some who will actually help them (a friend or relative who trusted implicitly enough for this task). Bottom line is this: Go to Dollar General or Family Dollar in a location NOT near your home (I can't personally speak for FD, but I know for a fact that all the little surveillance bubbles at DG are FAKE!!!!) and buy a Tracfone. Pay cash. Be UN-memorable when you go! Take that Tracfone and go to a library outside your area of residence and ask for a "guest account" for their internet access. Try not to provide any ID if at all possible. Activate the Tracfone online at the library. Make sure it is working properly by placing a test call to another like-minded Tracfone (activate 2 at once in other words, then use them to call each other to make sure they're both working). Now.... take both phones, remove both batteries, and save them for a rainy day.... You get bonus points if you remember to activate those phones with zip codes that are far removed from places you actually travel and live.... Carry at least one of those phones with you at all times for those times when you want to alert the police in your locality, wherever that happens to be at the time, to something they need to know about. If you should have occasion to need to use the phone, then once it is used, remove the battery again and THROW IT AWAY ANONYMOUSLY!!!! Then... Lather, rinse, repeat. As an aside, if you can't find a library to accommodate your "guest account" without ID... Then just activate by calling the 1-800 number at Tracfone FROM A PAYPHONE VERY FAR AWAY FROM WHERE YOU GENERALLY TRAVEL OR LIVE!!!!
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Chris
Charlottesville, VA
Age: 44
Mar 16, 2009
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Reputation Defender
Is this a viable service/company?
Submitted Link #1: http://www.reputationdefender.com/...
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I have no idea, and neither may my readers know.
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Chris
Charlottesville, VA
Age: 44
Mar 16, 2009
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How To Survive
Where do I go to download "How to Survive"?
Submitted Link #1: http://canaryislandspress.com/index.cfm/fa/product...
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Use the link below.
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Iris
King George, VA
Age: 40
Mar 16, 2009
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Police and Phone numbers
In one of my situations, I had someone trying to break into my house. Only phone available was my cell. When I called, they asked for my name and address inwhich to respond to the intruder. Now months later, I learned they had filed the info so that they could pull my info by either name, address, or cell number. I'll be getting another number soon. Just wanted others to know that their info can be kept and used for other stuff by the police department.
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Seth
collbran, co
Age: 50
Mar 15, 2009
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Police and phone numbers
Re: Police and phone numbers. The answer is generally yes, in most larger communities and all cities where the police use computer aided dispatch systems, the telephone number of the calling phone is always displayed and will always be recorded in the CAD record if a call for service is entered. Those CAD records are always kept for at least a year, and often permanently, and they can be searched and indexed easily. In fact, whenever you call, in some systems, your entire contact history will be brought up for the dispatcher to view, particularly if there is a notation of previous violence or firearms in the home.
And no, caller ID blocking won't help. The system used to identify phones by police is an entirely different system from the caller ID system, and it cannot be blocked or spoofed, by federal law.
Moreover, newer cell phone systems are required by federal law to be able to automatically locate the position of the cell phone caller to within about 100 yards, or less if it's a GPS enabled phone. I don't know if this system is completely rolled out yet, but it soon will be, which will allow police to identify exactly where your cell phone is when you make a call, and will very likely allow them to "hold open" the connection so that the location can be tracked in real time. Remember, whenever your cell phone is turned on, it is constantly communicating with the towers in the area, so that the phone system knows you're online and where to route an incoming call. That's why the system can ring you so quickly. You are always transmitting status packets from your phone, and the danger is that newer phones will also transmit GPS location packets as well, precisely locating your phone in real time.
The potential for "back door" engagement of this tracking function is very, very high, although government won't talk about it, claiming Homeland Security secrecy needs.
This potential has been known for a long time, and in Russia, they don't just turn the phone off, they remove the battery if they want to be certain they are not being tracked OR MONITORED.
Yes, it's my understanding that it is possible to activate the microphone on your telephone remotely, without activating the phone or giving any indication that it's active. This is true of most modern "smart phones." It ostensibly takes a warrant and special cooperation from the phone company, but it's a risk for those really concerned with privacy. It's a three-letter-agency risk, but if you really want to be secure, never, ever use a cell phone, or use extraordinary measures, like one-time-use disposable cell phones, for absolute privacy.
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Charles
Chicago, IL
Age: 41
Mar 15, 2009
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NM LLC Taxes
Jack,
I understand using an NM LLC for privacy only, so the LLC should not generate income. But, do NM's corporate taxes apply to an LLC and, if so, do you have to file a State return even with zero income?
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No, as long as you do not get an EIN, list your place of business in NM, and use it in business in NM.
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Jaclyn
Leesburg, VA
Age: 40
Mar 15, 2009
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RE: Police and phone numbers
In reference to the "police and phone numbers" post, why not simply always call the police department from a pay telephone in another city/town from where you live, to ask questions, etc. You could also have a cheapo prepaid phone activated for emergency and miscellaneous (non identifiable usage to your identity, like never any calls to anyone you know or your clients/employers) use only - no? I would never call the police from any cel or landline phone, they are so massively noisy when/if you are stopped, ask way too many questions for the situation at hand, and you should never talk to a police officer beyond the actual issue at hand anyway - there was a really awesome youtube video I think it was posted on this site a while ago about how to conduct (i.e. protect) yourself with the police (i.e. wrongful searches, etc.).
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Iris
King George, VA
Age: 40
Mar 15, 2009
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Police and phone numbers
I just wanted to address a recent eye opener. I learned that our police department keeps its own list of phone numbers and names for later use. For example, if I called from a cell phone about a prowler. They would keep my cell phone number and name. Then they could access that information a year or however long later. It seems a person who didn't want that information available would definately have to use some type of disposable phone or limit the nature of their calls to their police department.
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I wonder if that is a standard practice elsewhere. Perhaps some of you readers who work in law enforcement can post a response to the above message.
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seth
collbran, co
Age: 50
Mar 15, 2009
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Wal-Mart says will sell e-records to doctors
This is a bit disingenuous because what Wal Mart is selling is not "records," it's a computerized record keeping system. I'm going to assume that it has ties to Wal-Mart for prescribing of medications.
The concern is, of course, that Wal-Mart programmers may have inserted spyware that will allow Wal-Mart to retrieve information from the computers without the knowledge or consent of the doctor.
This may be a bit paranoid, but I have a healthy mistrust of any computer system that someone offers a deal on if they have any possible motive for accessing the data.
If you patronize Wal-Mart, be sure to read the HIPA privacy policy and then be sure to negotiate what YOU want by way of privacy with them before doing business with them. I know, for example, that Safeway will match Wal-Mart's prices, and they seem more amenable to protecting privacy, which is why I'm now using Safeway.
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Hector
Naples, FL
Age: 50
Mar 14, 2009
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Wal-Mart says will sell e-records to doctors
Wal-Mart says will sell e-records to doctors - Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:58pm GMT
Submitted Link #1: http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKTRE52...
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Stan
Atlanta Ga
Age: 44
Mar 13, 2009
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fingerprint now required to sell real estate in Chicago
Fingerprinting is something we often associate with crime. So the fact that Cook County home sellers--and homeowners across the state--will soon have to provide a thumb print left some people shocked.
The new law, which is set to go into effect June 1, 2009, will force anyone selling property in Cook County to provide a thumbprint from their right hand
Submitted Link #1: http://cbs2chicago.com/local/Mike.Puccinelli.finge...
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Jon
Seattle, WA
Age: 29
Mar 13, 2009
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Non-white motorists = highway robbery
I ran across this interesting article. Amazingly the drug laws have been bent once again to steal your rightful belongings as you pass through town.
Submitted Link #1: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/...
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Dorothy
Topeka, KS
Age: 40
Mar 13, 2009
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interesting chapter in a very old book
Sorry, can't resist... That wouldn't happen to have been Proverbs 31 to which you referred, would it? That particular chapter pretty well sums up the concept of a wife running her own business(es) while simultaneously "looking well to the ways of her household." Notice in that chapter that the husband wasn't off playing with the steno pool; he was "well respected in the gates."
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Yes, I quote from Proverbs 31 in the e-book "How to Survive." The point being made is that if a married couple loses everthing and has to start over, the husband should not automatically count on his wife getting a job away from home. Sometimes it's better to live a simpler life. You can be miserable in a 4500 square foot mansion, or happy in a tarpaper shack. (Well, maybe a step up from tarpaper ...)
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Bruce
Pittsburgh
Age: 30
Mar 13, 2009
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Swiss Banks
This news story just proves what you've been saying about Swiss banks.
Submitted Link #1: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SWITZERL...
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The same goes for banks in other tax havens, as well.
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Nona
SF, CA
Age: 44
Mar 13, 2009
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Young Jack and 5559
Oh honey, thank you for 'standing up' to make your point. Many of us might see this as chivalrous. But I agree with Mr. Luna. I'll tell you why;
"Your first reason was that they might end up having affairs with men at work, which would break up their families, as if none of them could be trusted to stay out of that kind of trouble.
It is not an issue of trust, but of opportunity. One of the pillars of the publications Mr. Luna produces is risk management. Why expose yourself when not absolutely necessary? I appreciate the wayMr. Luna couches this particular suggestion, when he mentions it. And I'd just like to point out that the reason for going to work is to make money. The reason to be in 'business' is to conduct business. The point of life is not to fill a cubicle or have a plaque on the wall, but a successful family. That is a true statement whether you are religious or secular minded.
"But more importnatly, what about women who are interested in (or have a passion for) certain lines of work that may require them to work for someone else, whatever it may be (teacher, doctor, astronaut, etc.)?
I'd say, "Keep your options open." These career choices especially spread the horizon wide open for women who have a desire to have an effect on society (through research or direct action). With a little imagination, a woman, or for that matter a man, should work to find a path that makes their personal and family life easier. Who needs more stress? Even a little more? Not me!
Should all women be content with doing the household chores or with merely assisting in their husbands' work?
Merely? Oh sweetie, if I don't have help the daily chores, someone sleeps in the car. When Momma's not happy - Nobody's happy! A balanced, happy, 'good' family life is one where everyone pitches in. Kiddies too! Being 'content' is a sign of maturity and so my answer is, Yes. All men AND women should try to be content with what they have and how they live. Anyway, I suppose being content helping your best friend and the love of your life depends on the husbands' work too. And that probably goes back to where we met in the first place. A lot of factors make up attraction. Steady, confident, self-sufficient, smart, hardworking, creative men draw us to them.
Does this notion not seem at all dated to you?
This notion seems dated to me. It is an argument made by activists... and the real feminist movement was hijacked by kooks and malcontents a long time ago.
ALL the subjects Mr. Luna writes about seem to me to be slightly off what everyone else considers 'normal'. The HTBI life is not average in American society, so when he makes a suggestions like this, I think they are worth at least thinking about.
One last thought, and I know I'll probably get eyes rolling here but, I have lots of friends from other countries - male and female - who tell me American women in general and especially those of certain generations are thought of as 'a chore' because of how our culture has shaped our mindset. (We really should travel internationally more often, to take note of how others have it.) Sorry for the long winded answer. Thanks again - to both Jacks.
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Drake
LA, CA
Age: 34
Mar 13, 2009
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#5661 - storage
I really like this idea of renting a small, unused space from a friend to store something, anything, privately - even for a short time. The local news ran a story last night about people renting what seem like odd spaces and items to others, to make a little money in this economy. It's all about using what you have. Recognizing you have an asset that might make things a little easier for yourself and someone else. Good job!
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