{"id":8539,"date":"2019-11-23T12:51:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T17:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=8539"},"modified":"2019-10-04T13:08:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T17:08:47","slug":"know-thyself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2019\/11\/23\/know-thyself\/","title":{"rendered":"Know thyself"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was long overdue in looking at the junk mail folder to which my email client automatically moved emails that fit a certain profile so I didn’t see this email until recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s terrifying right? This duder’s malware gave them access to all my accounts and my web cam! I am aware of several situations where people have been legitimately blackmailed by individuals who had gained access to their computers and accounts. How do I know this is a fake designed to get me to go to where-ever Googling their keyword would take me and also to give them money? I mean, they did really have an old password of mine. Well, I know me, and I know that I change my passwords frequently. I make sure my browser and operating system are kept up to date. I know all the web cams in my house are covered by stickers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did change my passwords again, just to be safe, but the point is, if I hadn’t already learned good online habits, or I did the Google search as they told me to, I may have fallen victim to a real blackmail scenario. So I thought I’d share, just in case this reminder might be helpful to you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was long overdue in looking at the junk mail folder to which my email client automatically moved emails that fit a certain profile so I didn’t see this email until recently. It’s terrifying right? This duder’s malware gave them access to all my accounts and my web cam! I am aware of several situations… Continue reading Know thyself<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[209,178],"class_list":["post-8539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-online","tag-ranting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3580,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/03\/15\/feed-readers\/","url_meta":{"origin":8539,"position":0},"title":"Feed Readers","author":"leems","date":"March 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Boo Hoo, Google Reader is going away.\u00a0 Allow me to do something that thousands of other people are doing right now:\u00a0 look at a bunch of replacements. 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