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Jan 23, 2018
9:51:40am

panguitch Playmaker

Privacy is a myth and the sooner we let go of it the better

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Although I'll admit it's a myth I can't help but cling to.

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panguitch

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Last login: Oct 2, 2023
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Was called to the University IT office today to discuss "Inappropriate Websites"

sidsie716

1/23/18 9:09am

I think I would be more productive if CB was what your IT guy thought it was

fulano

1/23/18 9:12am

How did your IT department know what websites you use?

Ulysses14

1/23/18 9:14am

They have very strong big brother systems on university systems here now.

sidsie716

1/23/18 9:17am

In case you are wondering, yes, even https traffic can be seen by IT dept if

supertux

1/23/18 9:21am

Privacy is a myth and the sooner we let go of it the better

panguitch

1/23/18 9:51am

The only thing that protects our privacy is that no one cares about us

SandYFan

1/23/18 10:08am

And even if they don't fake the SSL, they can see your DNS queries

CougPrime

1/23/18 10:32pm

True unless you use dns over https

supertux

1/24/18 6:35am

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Cretin

1/23/18 9:19am

There was a poster who came to CB thinking it was just that, a site to

Duke Silver

1/23/18 9:29am

Back in the late 90's I had a friend come ask me what I used for email.

bluecheese

1/23/18 9:52am

Was gaymail a good service back in the day?

1/24/18 4:54pm

Yeah, and a great way to meet people.

bluecheese

1/24/18 5:00pm

Burning question,did they care that university systems were used for what CB is?

Scooter

1/23/18 10:55am

Surprisingly no...they were just happy it wasn't what they thought it was

sidsie716

1/23/18 10:58am

would they have called you down for match.com or another dating site?

1/23/18 12:35pm

Seems like yes.

sidsie716

1/23/18 1:29pm

sounds like someone just had a bad dream...

MormonThug

1/23/18 11:40am

Was in a work session when a colleague asked me to look up a site

BigEasyCougar

1/23/18 12:27pm

Same, whenever I open a new tab, a tile with cb pops up first.

jaredm

1/23/18 9:55pm

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