Things I hate on the Internet.

[Shane]

The ironic fact that the most common abbreviation actually takes nine syllables to say instead of the three it would take to say the actual words.....

 

 

 

Anyone????

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

World wide web - abbreviated to doubleyoooo (occurs 3) Yeeeeuch!

[the village idiot]

I think its the whole self righteousness of these videos he's referring to, and I agree. Similar to the videos people post of themselves giving people money and food on the streets

 

Epitomised by that programme Secret Millionaire.

 

Horrendous.

 

Giving to good causes is great, but showing yourself doing it to the nation changes it completely.

[NFG]

Hi

 

"Click here to enter site" - just what was going on in their tiny minds?

 

Internet Explorer - I should be grateful really, its legendary lack of security, ability to harbour masses of crud & the cause of so many problems I have fixed - cheers Microsoft.

 

Ditto for Java & Adobe SW Flash - hideously insecure craplets,

 

"Yes, yes, i know you said don't open attachments when Sophos alerts, but I did, I did..." Never mind, its not a problem you're ignorance has wasted my time, but only once as Ive booked you a one way ticket to a nice clinic in Switzerland - was my reply.

 

Websites which have an interesting aplication that may be useful, but can you find the price? no its well buried, nowhere is there a simple products & pricing table. So, you download the trail & install it waiting for the pay us $29 timebomb at which point you think, why diddnt you tell me this & I wouldnt have bothered?

 

So called clever (not) search boxes with grey text that states 'Search our site' in the box - so you type in someting like '550xp chainsaw' & get "sorry no results for 550xp chainsaw Search our site" what brain dead moron programed this?

 

Banks - I must admit most have pretty crap security, so here we go:

 

1. 'Remember my User ID' - Uh, thats half the frickkin logon, what moron allowed that?

2. 'Secret words' filled in by letters that allow use of the keyboard as opposed to just the selection by list- ahem, have the dimwits heard of keyloggers? its mouse only FFS!

3. Not allowing the characters !@£$ in passwords - utter planks, this strengthens a password significantly.

4. They use Flash? Im floored, for the love of God why? This is a gaping hole, so flash blocker required in most banking apps - someone would have signed off on this - they should be banned from working in IT then shot for the benefit of mankind.

 

Oh & finally, people who think its OK to bank on a mobile because its 'cool' - it really isnt secure enough.

 

I could go on but that will do.

 

 

N

Edited August 18, 2015 by NFG

[TurtleWoods72]

I don't have or want face book .If I want to talk to some one I phone them , email them , write them a letter or go and see them . Cant see the point of face book . Things I hate ? err ...pop ups and skip ad in so many seconds .

 

 

Hear hear!

 

I see no need to ever follow the crowd and have this stupid Faceburk junk.

 

It's just another way for people to snoop, perv and generally monitor you. Most of whom are idiots, cretins, perverts, and most worryingly STRANGERS.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Hear hear!

 

I see no need to ever follow the crowd and have this stupid Faceburk junk.

 

It's just another way for people to snoop, perv and generally monitor you. Most of whom are idiots, cretins, perverts, and most worryingly STRANGERS.

 

 

You know all you have to do is set your privacy settings on FB so no stranger can see your stuff if you don't want them to.

Also when people irritate you you can just hide them so you longer see their posts.

Half of my "friends" are hidden for various crimes against humanity.

I dare say I've been hidden many times as well. No harm, no foul.

[Mick Dempsey]

Also with FB I keep in touch with old friends all round the world.

That's one of the good sides of the Internet

[Ty Korrigan]

I send a FB link out to every web enquiry.

I update our FB page weekly even daily so it's a good shop window for our business.

Ty

[NFG]

Fb has its place,

 

but treat it with extreme care!

 

I use it to keep in touch with family & is fairly closed off, however its security is somewhat lacking, so bare minimum information is provided, no personal photo, no address, no phone numbers, incorrect DOB as all these sites are sloppy with your data - Carphone Warehouse et all!

 

https://salt.agency/blog/facebook-security-loophole/ just one

 

 

N

[TurtleWoods72]

You know all you have to do is set your privacy settings on FB so no stranger can see your stuff if you don't want them to.

Also when people irritate you you can just hide them so you longer see their posts.

Half of my "friends" are hidden for various crimes against humanity.

I dare say I've been hidden many times as well. No harm, no foul.

 

Or alternatively I can continue to not have Facebook and not have to bother changing any settings..

 

Also with FB I keep in touch with old friends all round the world.

That's one of the good sides of the Internet

 

Any old friends who want to get in touch with me will have to try harder than that. Mostly I've moved on and have no wish to rekindle friendships of my youth.

 

Plus I told them all I was going to be a jet fighter pilot and I'm not, so I couldn't deal with the shame.

[TurtleWoods72]

What I hate about the interwebs is the fact that if a new app or program comes out and gains popularity, in short order EVERYONE seems to have it.

 

For example:

 

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