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The bank, or the internet cafe? Just because your bank's website is "secure" doesn't mean those around you while you log in have your best interests at heart. Keyloggers and packet sniffers are easy enough to find, I bet



If he can message you like that, then he can also likely get into other parts of your laptop. In short, your connection is *not* safe and you do run the risk of a security breach on your network. I would strongly suggestin avoiding the use of anything you wish to keep private while on that network -- and to not store passwords, credit or debit card numbers, or other sensitive date on your system. This is not an SL issue: thisis a personal security issue.

Bear in mind, too, that just as you could connect into that open network, so could any of your other neighbors. Would you trust anyone within range of this open network with your debit card number? Right now, you are. That is a VERY dangerous game for you to be playing.



You may find yourself with a problem, then. Just like I can't use my Apple 512k and 300 bps Volksmodem to connect to SL, so will you find your piggybacked 2MBytes connection unable to access SL. At that point, you essentially have two options:

1. Find a way to upgrade your own system. As a mandatory version of what is now the RC is a while away (at least, LL has indicated they are not dropping 1.19 support for Some Time Now), one may hope you'll find yourself in a better overall position at that time, and be able to simply use a legitimate, unpiggybacked, high-speed connection. Or you'll have come up with some other solution; or,

2. Stop using Second Life. LL is under *no* obligation to support *any* particular system/connection/hardware/etc. While LL did, IMO, do their best to support as many systems with 1.20, there are many on SL now who have issues with it and cannot use it for whatever reason. If you end up in a situation where your connection is simply not good enough to run it in LL's eyes -- regardless of anything else you can connect to with your connection, or how good you feel it might be -- then you will be left out in the cold.

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Nah it's like The Projects. Government housing for people who don't/can't/won't pay rent.

Chaos: Internet cafes? Secure??? Piggybacking? Secure???

There's a sandbox around here where you can stick your head, I'm sure.

New game show, based off of "Name that Tune"... I can hack Chaos' computer in ?? seconds.

I was thinking jail or rehab are options as well.

I'm glad his neighbor asked him not to leave his computer downloading torrents. It would be a shame for him to use his stolen internet connection to steal software. Does anyone here honestly believe he's downloading torrents for any legitimate use? The primary private use is for downloading stolen or cracked software.

*shakes head*

It's like talking to a brick wall. Chaos - you have to listen if you want help, and you have to exercise a little common sense. First - stop stealing stuff. It's really, really not ok. If you want a piece of software, for God's sake, do the right thing and buy it. If you can't afford it, do waht everyone else has to do - save your money until you can afford it.

Get your own damned internet access and make sure it's fast enough to handle SL. If you cared, you would find a way to make it happen. This business about you being in "state accomodations" and unable to get your own internet is BS. You're looking for a way to justify taking something that isn't yours.

Knock it off - fly straight. Get your S together and do things the right way and almost all your problems will magically disappear.

Look - I used to have to deal with petty criminals all the time when I was a prosecutor. It was the most fun I ever had, but it was sad, because their problem wasn't that they were evil - it was that they just were incapable of making the right decisions in their lives. I figured that if you counted every single decision they made from when they got up in the morning to when they went to bed, they were making the right decision between 10% and 25% of the time. You have the same problem. I'm not saying you are a criminal, although the stealing certainly indicates that you might be. I'm just saying you make an incredible number of bad decisions. The good news is that I figured out a fix. Here's what you do. Go get a coin. Every single decision you have to make, no matter how trivial - just flip the coin. You will, on average, make the right decision 50% of the time with my method, which will be at the LEAST twice what you are averaging now. You will improve your life at least 100% with this method.

Not bad, huh? I saved you another book. With the 14.99 from the other one and a frequent buyer discount, you now owe me $29.98. I'll still eat the tax for you.

Flip... damn... okay 2 out of 3. Flip

Are you sure he didn't mean to say "Please keep using my network. If you stop, how else will I be able to fund my SL fix using your bank account?"

...so what ever happened with that bank account thingy? Surely the culprit has been brought to justice by now. Please tell.

(if only I could remember *important* stuff this well )