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Re: ODDS, ENDS and OTHER THINGS..

Mon, Jan 20 2025 1:33 PM (1,213 replies)
  • HamdenPro
    2,522 Posts
    Mon, Dec 30 2024 4:14 PM

    DuFussMcGoo:
    Is it safe for me to disable my computer's VPN?

    You may be in the wrong thread to ask this. However, it is never a bad thing to post here, making this thread jump to the top, so we are not always bombarded first by TLW!!!

    Enabling VPN mask your true ISP address. and adds additional security from sites obtaining personal data, especially on a public network. Notwithstanding, some sites, such as WGT wish you to disable the VPN as a means to allow them to prevent multi-accounts from the same household.

    I imagine the request to disable VPN, to take surveys, is allegedly to prevent one person from taking the same survey multiple times. However, it may also allow the site to gather personal information while, or after, you take the survey.

    I would prefer to forgo surveys if they require me to disable VPN.

    Google provides "When you disable your VPN, all of your internet traffic becomes visible to your ISP. The websites you visit also see your real IP address, which is tied to your physical location. And if you're on public Wi-Fi, hackers connected to the same network can see and even steal your online data"

  • DuFussMcGoo
    2,921 Posts
    Mon, Dec 30 2024 7:55 PM

    HamdenPro:
    You may be in the wrong thread to ask this. However, it is never a bad thing to post here, making this thread jump to the top

    Plus,  I may not know the answer but I know who does, and I get good, quick responses that are meaningful.

    I agree that I'd rather skip a survey then disable my security.

    Thank you Steff

     

  • HamdenPro
    2,522 Posts
    Fri, Jan 3 2025 6:51 PM

  • ScottHope
    10,609 Posts
    Tue, Jan 7 2025 12:29 AM

    "Right Mr DeMille, I'm ready for my close up."...

  • HamdenPro
    2,522 Posts
    Sun, Jan 19 2025 6:59 PM

    CRANK UP THE VOLUME and bang your head...

     

  • ScottHope
    10,609 Posts
    Mon, Jan 20 2025 12:32 AM

    Let me help you out here Steff...

    Nice!


    Tip : If you want to post a 'shorts' video here, get the share link...

    https://youtube.com/shorts/XiUwUkg6h6M?si=PpWaTphqV4B4rycu

    ...delete shorts/ from the link...

    https://youtube.com/
    shorts/
    XiUwUkg6h6M?si=PpWaTphqV4B4rycu
    https://youtube.com/XiUwUkg6h6M?si=PpWaTphqV4B4rycu

    ...and use that to post your video...

    ...and if you want the portrait aspect ratio, edit the default insert media values from 450:0 to 250:450...

    [View:https://youtube.com/XiUwUkg6h6M?si=PpWaTphqV4B4rycu:
    450:0
    ]
    [View:https://youtube.com/XiUwUkg6h6M?si=PpWaTphqV4B4rycu:
    250:450
    ]
  • craigswan
    32,187 Posts
    Mon, Jan 20 2025 2:02 AM
    Would love more input here . Over to you guys . All the good posters are banned .
  • craigswan
    32,187 Posts
    Mon, Jan 20 2025 6:23 AM

    A couple are at the airport in Phoenix, Arizona, awaiting their flight dressed in heavy boots, long parka, scarf, mittens, and ready to head home to the Canadian winter.

    An older American couple standing nearby are intrigued by their manner of dress. The wife says to her husband, “Look at that couple. I wonder where they’re from?”

    He replies, “How would I know?” She answers, “You could go ask them.” He says, “I really don’t care. You want to know, you ask them.”

    So, she walks over to them and asks,” Excuse me. I’m noticing the way you’re dressed and wonder where you’re from?”

    The Canadian farmer replies, “Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.”

    She returns to her husband who asks, “So, where are they from?”

    She replies, “I don’t know. They don’t speak English!”

  • HamdenPro
    2,522 Posts
    Mon, Jan 20 2025 6:50 AM

    ScottHope:
    Let me help you out here Steff...

    Yes, I know, it was late when I posted it, figured I would fix in the morning but you beat me to it. I do not do the way you show it, but I do know how...this is what I meant to do...

     

    THE LOUDER THE BETTER...

    (Not the way you show, I use the "share" link and copy it.)

  • ScottHope
    10,609 Posts
    Mon, Jan 20 2025 10:09 AM

    I'd be interested to know where you get your share link for a shorts video Steff, because the one I get gives me the error that you originally had.

    Thank you.

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