[Boatanchors] All Good Things

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

FB the fastest way to get your identity stolen.
ABC news had a segment a few years ago where a reporter established 
credit, in a student's name using only FB info.
He also got the student's transcripts and a social security card based 
in the same info.
This was story was done with the blessings of the student and her family.
FB is open to most anyone.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV



On 12/15/2015 8:05 AM, Nick England wrote:
> Oops fat fingers on I-fone.
> Can FB provide that organized searchable archive of valuable BA info??? I
> dunno. Anyone? Anyone? If FB hooks a youngster will it help him align his
> HQ-170??
>
> And another question. I read list mail on my phone and get everything in
> one stream. With FB I'll have to go to 14 different pages to find out if
> there is anything interesting??
>
> Yeah I'm an old fart but shiny new products often featur immediate
> stimulation at the expense of lasting value.
>
> On Tuesday, December 15, 2015, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Eugene makes a good point about "outreach". But I still haven't heard that
>> FB can serve as an organized searchable archive rather than a
>> stream-of-consciousness conversation. FB would be fine for the kind of
>> discussion we are having now, but what about retrieving the HQ-170
>> alignment discussion from 2 years ago? Now you can either search the
>> archive or retrieve the mail I saved in my Hammarlund folder 2 years
>> ago That archive of useful info is a great value about these lists. Can FB
>> provide a similar
>>
>>
>>
>

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