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[conuly]

Link taken from somebody else.

Well, that got me password-changin'. And Opera-using. I dislike Opera. I think I'll also go back to my normal link-avoiding ways... Just for a while. *nodnodnod* This fits in with what I read over at lj_maintenance.

Edit: So, the article's taking things way out of proportion? I can believe that too. (Just call me the electric monk!) But I'd rather be a little more cautious and wrong than a little less cautious and wrong (or even a little less cautious and right!)

Comments

[hopefulnebula]

FYI, that washington post article is full of B.S. Rah says so, and I agree with her.

That's not to say I haven't changed my password. I have. But, they don't have nearly as many accounts as that makes out, and that article's just... totally overblown.

[conuly]

I do tend to trust rah, at least in this regard, not least because I don't understand all that much about how this stuff works but I think she does :)

However, I also believe it's better to be over-cautious than under-cautious. I'm not banning myself from the internet, and I haven't unplugged my computer. I've just switched to a different password and am using Opera for a short time. And going back to the rules I had originally set up for myself regarding links - think before I click.

No matter how blown out of proportion it is, it's not going to kill me to be slightly careful for a time.

[hopefulnebula]

Of course, of course.

Grain of salt, is all I'm saying.

That, and have you read the comments on that article? They're amusing, in a "news comments" kind of way.

[conuly]

Oh god, I'm cracking up.

So, you don't like LJ Abuse? Great. I know plenty of people who don't. Plenty of *sane* people, I mean. They're not going around crying that LJ Abuse is somehow the biggest criminal since Martha Stewart. OMG! THEY BROKED THE LAW!!!!!!1111 Notice there's no explanation given for that argument.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Removed rant about LJ abuse, not the place. I could rant on my own space about how many of them should have all sorts of icky things happen -- but then I'm sure my account would go bye bye!

So I'll just rant someplace safe. Just in case anyone was wondering what was deleted. Big Brother is watching, and all that, and I dont want years of stuff going down the tubes because I criticized too harshly.

[hopefulnebula]

P.S. Bind your login cookie to your IP address if you haven't but can.

[conuly]

Yeah, I did. May change my email password too - it's been a while.