Dumb and dumber
Filed Under (Internet) by Don C on 29-04-2008
When was the last time anything good came from giving someone the password to your email account? Amazingly Elaine Schmidt had the audacity to publicize her stupidity to the LA Times:
“I thought I was just signing up to read my friend’s message,” Schmidt said. “At no time did I think I was authorizing [Reunion.com] to access my online address book.”
Hello, you gave them your email password. That’s about as close to authorization as you can get without sending a certified letter and power of attorney. My God woman! When was the last time you had to give out the password to your email to read a friend’s message? You don’t need to give out your PIN when you use you debit card, do you?
Schmidt’s cohort in confusion, Vera Eck, a Santa Monica psychotherapist, also received an email from Reunion.com and, you guessed it, she also went to Reunion.com and gave her email password.
I wonder how many e-cards these mo’s opened before figuring out no one was thinking about them except for some spammers in a basement in some faraway place. I am thinking the majority of people in the world might be too stupid to use the Internets seriously.
One simple rule for using the Internets: Never, ever, ever, never give out any passwords or other personally identifiable information over the Internets. Don’t do it. No matter what.
I got a customer service call today, email, and the user included his password in the note. Without being asked.
So what does he have in his trash? You got to make them pay for being stupid or they never learn.