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YOUR safety on the internet

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~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 11 Jul 2014 16:41

Just a reminder, there are some odd folk out there, be careful how much information you give about yourself .

Keep safe

~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 1 Jul 2014 14:39

Sirius that just goes to show, that like the title of the post says...

YOUR safety on the internet.. have your wits about you.

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 1 Jul 2014 14:26

You hit the nail on the head there!

Sirius

Sirius Report 1 Jul 2014 14:21

Yep, male and female, either and both can turn out to be far from what you believed them to be.

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 1 Jul 2014 14:13

Very true Sirius - male and female.

Sirius

Sirius Report 1 Jul 2014 14:08

None of us know really.... I could say I am Mary ann Maplethorpe living in Skegnees on the wold and could just as easily be Fred bloggsmith looking for a woman with a child to chat up.

as one of my friend s said when a photo of a bloke who had just been arrested for child pornography offences...."if I'd seen that photo on a dating site I would think he looked a nice kind guy".

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 1 Jul 2014 13:24

Why on earth was that reported?
Somebody must have an itchy finger today.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 1 Jul 2014 13:22

and sometimes it's patently obvious that it IS the case

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 1 Jul 2014 13:07

I hope the sheep reference has nothing to do with me lol
Of course not.
lol

~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 1 Jul 2014 13:04

I'll just repeat a previous post......

See what I mean, be very careful on websites there are people who will source you out, put comments about where you live, put your name in threads, cryptic of course, now if you were a person who worried about your safety, that would be quite frightening I'd imagine. Luckily when it happened to me GR were aware, although I wasn't frightened, I was concerned for others.

I never correspond with the person who did this, but they still like to follow me about, bit like a lost sheep really, maybe they are looking for a shepherd, who knows.

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 1 Jul 2014 12:55

Of course, one also has to be mindful of online paranoia.
There is a very fine line and balance and (I hasten to add, on other sites and not this) I have seen those who are convinced that people are "out to get them" when it is patently obvious that that is not the case and, sometimes, even quite the opposite.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 1 Jul 2014 12:28

excellent idea :-D

~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 1 Jul 2014 12:23

Thought it would be a good idea to nudge this thread today.

KittytheLearnerCook

KittytheLearnerCook Report 7 May 2014 18:59

Lynda :-D ;-) <3 <3

~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 7 May 2014 18:57

See what I mean, be very careful on websites there are people who will source you out, put comments about where you live, put your name in threads, cryptic of course, now if you were a person who worried about your safety, that would be quite frightening I'd imagine. Luckily when it happened to me GR were aware, although I wasn't frightened, I was concerned for others.

I never correspond with the person who did this, but they still like to follow me about, bit like a lost sheep really, maybe they are looking for a shepherd, who knows.

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 7 May 2014 18:42

Interesting that this has been bumped up!!! lol

~Lynda~

~Lynda~ Report 7 May 2014 18:41

Giving this thread an airing, always be aware peeps :-D

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 3 Apr 2014 20:46

You're not trying hard enough then Ronald ;-)

PS....I have got a Ronald in my tree....are we related?



reading back....Cor, I don't half miss Rose on here!

Ron2

Ron2 Report 3 Apr 2014 20:42

I've always used my true name on here and never had a prob'

KittytheLearnerCook

KittytheLearnerCook Report 3 Apr 2014 20:41

Oh yes Susan and Hayley........it was a different world wasn't it :-)

I remember the dogs and the collapses.....good fun was had by all :-D :-D