Internet Safety
Internet security is everybody's business
We need to be able to use the internet without a constant worry about who is spamming us, who is trying to steal our identity, who is trying to rob our bank.
So we want you - everyone - to read and take part in discussions of safety on the internet: to know the scams and the like so that they can avoid them. You can report on any attempts to steal your identify or your money
4000 Spammers and counting
Submitted by webmaster on Sun, 02/11/2008 - 12:54.4000 spammers and counting - we must be doing something right.
Join the Retired but Active Team
Submitted by webmaster on Thu, 30/10/2008 - 00:15.
On the nature of spam
Submitted by webmaster on Mon, 25/08/2008 - 09:50.As RaA moves from the totally unknown to the 'getting to be known' we have to deal with a completely new issue - spam put on as either comments or guest book entries.
The software is set up so that it won't accept links from casual visitors to other sites. It's a pity to be sure but when it was open we were inundated with opportunities to buy viagra, or to download what in my youth were called 'dirty pictures' so we had to change the settings to prevent it.
In the process we prevented many innocent links but there you go.
Which Theme is the Better?
Submitted by webmaster on Fri, 08/08/2008 - 17:01.Somebody's Law
Submitted by webmaster on Tue, 01/07/2008 - 12:40.- eBay had been fined some extra-ordinary sum for allowing fake Diors to be sold on the site
- That they were also auctioning discounted credit notes from major stores.
Well, of course, no market that wants to remain reputable can allow illegal trading on its patch - and ignorance is no defence - but what does that tell us, the punters.
The Retired but Active Chat Room
Submitted by rogerwebb on Tue, 03/06/2008 - 14:13.Chat Rooms put you in touch with the world
Chat Rooms are for teenagers- True: many Chat Rooms are designed for teenagers and others are dominated by them
- Retired but Active Chat Rooms are for members only, and we don't have teenage members.
Group Leadership
Submitted by rogerwebb on Sun, 18/05/2008 - 09:31.
The success or otherwise of Retired but Active
... in its mission to improve our retirement experience depends on our ability to attract Group Leaders with the time and inclination to explain their own area of interest to others.
Safety on the Net
Submitted by rogerwebb on Fri, 02/05/2008 - 10:37.Every thinking user of the internet is concerned
...about the daily tales of fraud and identity theft: yet the net is perhaps uniquely useful to our generation, allowing us to take part in world-wide movements and to have friends and advisors far from our social physical location.
