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Lance
Townsville QLD Australia
Age: 56
Mar 25, 2010
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7am raid - Police take it all.
March 24, 2010
Police in Russia confiscate religious literature from homes of believers
"...The residents were awakened by the police who, with court orders in hand, were there to search the homes. The officers confiscated personal libraries, taking all Bible literature as well as business documents, computers, electronic data, even family photo albums and personal correspondence. ..."
Can happen anywhere! Don't wait for 7am.
Submitted Link #1: http://jw-media.org/rus/20100324.htm...
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| 7295. |
Alan
Austin, TX
Age: 30
Mar 24, 2010
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Auto Insurance
I went to talk to an insurance agent and they said anything but commercial insurance would hold me and an LLC liable together in the event of an accident...any suggestions?
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Talk to someone else, such as a State Farm agent.
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| 7294. |
John
Virginia Beach, VA
Age: 39
Mar 24, 2010
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Re: 7290 Kate
Kate,
You'll have to work hard to maintain your privacy as a police officer, but if you are diligent it can be achieved. One thing I have never agreed with for police, sheriffs, prison guards, etc is that the administration requires them to wear their name prominently displayed on their uniform for everyone to see. Makes it real easy for suspects as well as their crew to find out who you are to start a search of you and your family. This info is also obviously on all tickets and court/legal documents you will ever be involved with during your career and is public info.
If you are at level 3 and want to pursue a law career I suggest to go ahead and just state honestly to all investigators during the process that you are very privacy minded and have taken necessary steps to achieve good layers of privacy from those that may have bad intentions, which may be especially true in the field you are looking to enter. They should respect this attitude since they have been on the job for some time and know the dangers.
It's funny because I am friends with many police officers and every one of them is beyond slack when it comes to personal privacy and especially the privacy/safety of their family! I'm not exaggerating when I say I can pull up their residences on Google earth in less than a minute (already done so) and could get into their homes or cars in less than a minute due to non-existent security measures. These are guys that have been or are in special units like narcotics and SWAT so they would have high risk felons they busted possibly looking for revenge, but they all have the ostrich w/ it's head in the sand attitude. Don't get like this if you get into the career.If an agency refuses to hire you due to your privacy approach or requires you to change info to your real residence, car, etc then pass on taking the job if you value your safety and privacy. You'll find the job is not that glamorous or self rewarding once you're in the field.
Most cops, like lawyers, are an unhappy lot and stay with their jobs either for the excitement (adrenaline junkies-Type A) or are holding out for the decent retirement and benefits the career affords after 25 or so years if service. This is first hand feedback and observation I have from knowing many in the field. Good luck.
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| 7293. |
Jake
Salem OR
Age: 19
Mar 24, 2010
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Prepaid debit cards
Can anyone one point me in the direction of a re loadable prepaid debit card that requires no SSN and has some what of a high limit (over 500). Some
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| 7292. |
Seth
collbran, co
Age: 50
Mar 24, 2010
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How did my practically unused Gmail address leak/get hacked?
I have a gmail account that I have only used to send myself messages (notes), and only a few. Somehow when I logged in last week, there was a spam message there. How would a spammer find an email address that hasn't even left its own servers? Can hacks find stuff like that?? Thanks for any info!!
Is your gmail address one that uses a common name or word, as in "myname@gmail.com?" If so, be aware that spammers will harvest a domain name (like gmail.com) and will then spam every possible version of a common name in existence, on the not-irrational presumption that people will use easy-to-remember common-name addresses prior to the "at" sign.
That's likely how it occurred. One way to reduce this is to use the firstname.lastname@domain.name
The period between the first and last name generally confuses the harvesting bots enough to prevent spam.
Every "firstname"@domain.name email address I've ever set up has ended up being spammed. None of the name.name ones has, if I've been careful not to put them out on the web.
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| 7290. |
kate
LA, CA
Age: 24
Mar 24, 2010
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Police Department and background checks
I've pretty much already gone through all the steps in your book. I'm around level 3 right now. The problem is I really want to be a police officer but you go through background checks. I'm willing to put down my llcs i own and such because the information is kept confidential but do i lose any privacy is what i am concerned about.
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The only privacy you might be able to retain is to hide your true home address -- or at least keep it out of the police computers. (A number of police have the HTBI book and some have recommended it to others.)
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Don
Baltimore MD
Age: 42
Mar 24, 2010
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Paying Someone for P.O. Box
In your book, you mention offering money to someone for his/her P.O. Box or CMRA mailbox in order to establish a ghost address. How do you convince someone to accept your offer? Won't one become suspicious of such a request?
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I use people who know me well, and trust me.
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Fred
Los Angeles, CA
Age: 35
Mar 24, 2010
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Hiring a PI to do a
Has anyone formally hired a PI to test out their privacy weaknesses? I know in the computer field they perform a PEN test that will reveal weakness, flaws in security, so they can patch those holes.
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| 7287. |
Jay
Los Angeles, CA
Age: 41
Mar 24, 2010
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Keyloggers installed in New Laptops
It appears that key loggers are being installed into new laptops. Has any one else been able to confirm this?
Submitted Link #1: http://hardtruth.navhost.com/keylogger.html...
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I, for one, do not believe it. (Lotta weird stuff out there ...)
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| 7286. |
Stan
Atlanta Ga USA
Age: 44
Mar 23, 2010
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#7279 spam
They use software that makes up email addresses automatically, basically it just generates address' like aaa@domain.name, aab@domain.name, aac@domain.name, etc, and sends them all out until it one that doesn't bounce back as undeliverable, then they know they have a valid addy.
As a privacy issue I wouldn't worry about it.
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David
flushing, ny
Age: 20
Mar 23, 2010
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nm llc
Can I use a NM llcs for real estate investing. (holds and flips)
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You certainly can in most states, if not all. However, NY state is very demanding when it comes to using LLCs for vehicle ownership, so you might check with the DMV or a real estate agent experienced in business sales. (Let me know what you learn, please.)
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| 7282. |
Jeff
Los Angeles, CA
Age: 42
Mar 23, 2010
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Google working with NSA
It appears that Google is working with the NSA. Time to delete that google account.
Submitted Link #1: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487040...
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As regards China, yes, they are working with NSA. However. I don't think they as yet care about we "little" people so I will continue to use Google for searches.
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Nate
San Fran CA
Age: 22
Mar 22, 2010
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Working for the Government
I want to work for the government later on (possibly FBI.) I do not want to skip out on taxes or anything but i do want my privacy. I would like to use the principals outlined in the book to do so but the gov does a background check asking for alt names and such. Would i have to put down my other names and properties
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If you plan to work for any three-letter agency, forget about privacy. (You can't have the job AND keep your privacy as well, so don't even try.) Be 100 percent truthful.
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| 7279. |
Denise
Oakland, CA
Age: 35
Mar 22, 2010
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How did my practically unused Gmail address leak/get hacked?
I have a gmail account that I have only used to send myself messages (notes), and only a few. Somehow when I logged in last week, there was a spam message there.
How would a spammer find an email address that hasn't even left its own servers? Can hacks find stuff like that??
Thanks for any info!!
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| 7278. |
Chris
Tulsa, ok
Age: 35
Mar 22, 2010
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RE: 7262
In response to Franks question below:
"Can any one recommend any states, preferably on the West Coast, that do not fingerprint or use Biomietric Photographs on their drivers licenses as I am rather reluctant to have a facial recognition photo."
My DL expired in Oklahoma and they passed legislation that if a DL is expired, even by one day, the person has to get their birth certificate and a whole lot of other documents to prove that they are not an illegal immigrant. This has taken months for some people to get all their documents.
So in order to avoid this, I drove across the border to Arkansas, rented a weekly apartment (Ghost address), went to the DMV and got a new DL on the spot with my new ghost address and then drove back to Oklahoma. I still use the Arkansas DL and the ghost address.
Here is what happened during the process. I used my passport for the second identification verifier, she copied it and ofcourse they wanted my SSN which I wrote it on the sheet that had a copy of my passport. Did not have to show my SSN card.
When my picture was taken, I smiled really big. This hinders facial recognition from what I have read. She then asked me IF I wanted to have my fingerprint scanned for ADDED security! I smiled and politely declined, I then complimented her on how nice her hair looked (She liked that)
No required fingerprint scan, what a relief! I must mention that this happened in a very small town (Siloam Springs, AR)
Hope this helps Frank, Sorry it is not closer to the west!
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| 7277. |
Charles
Chicago, IL
Age: 42
Mar 21, 2010
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OnStar Calling!
Yet another reason not to have OnStar or a system like it. "Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely".
Submitted Link #1: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/hacker-br...
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Drake
LA, CA
Age: 34
Mar 21, 2010
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Florida and South Carolina DL Pictures
Image Data LLC Proprictary is a Nashua, New Hampshire based company owned by Robert C. Houvener that paid the States of South Carolina and Florida a penny a piece for millions of DL photos in 1999(!).
Image Data LLC then paired the photos with the driver's SSN to be used as part of a fraud prevention system.
Image Data LLC will not delete photos in their system even if citizens have filled out the opt-out forms at the DMV. (Read the article for spurious reasoning.)
Then State Attorney General Charlie Condon made noises about the public being deceived, I don't know if changes have occurred in the past 11 years.
There was an ugly case in 2004 in front of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in which Mary Helen Miller brought suit against Image Data LLC alleging violations of the Driver's Privacy Protection Act ("Driver's Privacy Act"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 2721-2725, and Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-1-206.
It can be read at aitch-tee-tee-pea-colon-//ca10(dot)washburnlaw(dot)edu/cases/2004/02/02-1007(dot)htm. ;)
Submitted Link #1: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1821&dat=199...
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Jim
lakes region nh
Age: 52
Mar 21, 2010
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nh drivers license pictrures
I have been opting out of storing my picture for years but recently misplaced my license and needed to get a replacement. walked in to New Hampshire DMV and they handed me a replacement with out taking a new picture. I asked about my picture not being saved and the clerk said you have to follow the state RSA and nobody gets there picture erased unless they do.
I have not researched the RSA yet. Soon to come.
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James
Goldsboro, NC
Age: 36
Mar 20, 2010
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Fingerprints for time clock
The company i work for,has recently started a new time clock system.You must use your fingerprint to clock in and out,as well as for lunch breaks. My employer does not do its own payroll.Instead it uses a company called paypal. These(time clock) fingerprint machines,i assume are directly linked to them. Are there any privacy issues here,and if so what can i do?
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John
Virginia Beach, VA
Age: 39
Mar 20, 2010
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Video License Plate Recognition
I saw a TV show a few months back about new video recognition technology the police are using. A car with a camera would drive through parking lots, with the camera "scanning" all the license plates as it passed. The computer would instantly read the info from the plates and alert if there were any issues with the plate (expired, stolen, etc).
I just found out that the police in most of our local cities around here are using the technology, but a bit more expanded. They'll park a car with multiple cameras on a median or roadside and can scan every car passing in each direction. The computer reads the plate, can see the color of the registration stickers to see if they are current, and can also read the inspection sticker to see if it's valid. At the end of the shift the officer downloads the data at the station and all vehicles with expired tags or other issues are automatically sent fines to the owners address.
I have personally seen this being used in 2 different local cities (Portsmouth and Virginia Beach) so I know it's being used. With the deep fiscal cuts all cities are implementing, these are easy ways for them to make lots of money and catch a few wanted offenders as well.
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