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| From | The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.firefox, netscape.public.mozilla.browser |
| Subject | Re: Firefox "Account"? |
| Date | 2021-04-07 13:53 -0700 |
| Organization | None, as usual |
| Message-ID | <s4l645$5qb$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <3KbtpoFnbabgFwk$@255soft.uk> <id5uabF149eU1@mid.individual.net> <s4kk09$qc3$1@dont-email.me> <exkbI.478067$2B1.81013@fx45.iad> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 04/07/2021 08:50 AM, WaltS48 wrote:
> On 4/7/21 11:44 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
>> On 04/07/2021 07:35 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
>>> J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been asked, by an 82 (I think) year old lady I support, this:
>>>> ---
>>>> please can you advise me? I have been asked by my Firefox Browser if I
>>>> want to create a Firefox Account
>>> As others have said, it's helpful if you have multiple devices running
>>> firefox, keep bookmarks and/or passwords in sync.
>>
>> All things considered, I don't want my devices sync'd EVER and I
>> prefer to remain anonymous when possible.
>>
>>> If she isn't using a password manager, probably worth it for that to
>>> encourage better passwords without the worry of remembering them all or
>>> writing them down. I happen to use a different password manager,
> so
>>> don't use firefox's own.
>>
>> I use whatever firefox offers (I like the OLD password display a lot
>> better than the recent one) plus a humongous and confusing text file
>> Just In Case.
>>
>>> It can monitor 'pwned' sites for accounts that match those stored in the
>>> account, and warn you.
>>
>> BTW, has everybody been getting spam about derogatory information they
>> found about you? The most recent one offered information about people
>> I know, including a friend from high school whom I once tried to
>> find. I understand the others, but that one is absolutely mystifying.
>>
>> I hear the 'Reputation Defender' commercial in the background several
>> times a day. The jerk who says "That's so FALSE!" is clearly lying
>> his ass off. Is that by intent ("We can fix even the REAL stuff!,
>> subscribe NOW") or just incompetent acting?
>>
> Not yet.
>
> Maybe, because I don't use a real email address here, or it may be you
> were one of the Facebook breach victims.
I chose to use a real address. Gmail takes care of most of the spam and
I see no reason why people in the usenet groups I read shouldn't be able
to email me if they want to. They would have had to have seen my FB
search history for that, but there were other old HS people I also
searched for, as well as former cow-orkers. Today's offering: 4
questionable references, 12 people looking at my history and a couple of
other things. It's almost worth joining (or maybe taking them up on a
free offer) just to see WTF they're talking about. Aside from being
racist because I'm white, of course...
--
Cheers, Bev
"We're from the Government. We're here to help."
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