• Fwd: Spring at Morro Bay

    From David Brooks@21:1/5 to Steve Carroll on Sun Oct 16 18:40:56 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On 16/10/2022 00:20, Steve Carroll wrote:
    On 2022-10-15, David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 15/10/2022 23:04, Steve Carroll wrote:
    You claim you want to learn
    but that doesn't jibe with your action of avoiding things.

    I've been learning about malware and 'bad guys' since I had £245.00
    fraudulently taken from my bank account in 2005.

    Why so evasive? Why not answer my questions?

    I'm wary because Snit has told me about his experiences with you in the
    past.

    Ask just one thing at a time and I will respond.

    Cybercrime fascinates me.

    You're not getting anywhere near cybercrime with the stuff you do. The
    most common forms of it are phishing, identity theft (usually involving credit card activity) and ransomware (less common)... and there's a
    reason for that, people are the weakest link (look at what Hao Kuo Chi
    did). Apple's iCloud just isn't that vulnerable, less so nowadays. Is it bulletproof? Of course not, nothing is... but it makes no sense to do
    what you're suggesting anyway.

    You are, perhaps, misunderstanding me. I do NOT consider the Apple
    iCloud to be "vulnerable".

    If you're talking about breaching iCloud servers directly, it will be detected before long but unless you can crack the encryption, there's no point. At the start of the pandemic I did read that Apple isn't going to encrypt iPhone backups to iCloud at the behest of the FBI, a thing they
    were working to do, but I don't know if that's still the case.

    I don't know what has transpired there either.

    I have experimented with using the iCloud Drive to share files. It's not difficult and it 'works'! :-)

    I'm absolutely certain that *I* didn't put Savageduck's video files into
    my iCloud Drive. Have you any idea at all how that could have happened,
    simply by me clicking on a link he posted in the 'rec.photo.digital' group?

    TIA

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Snit@21:1/5 to David Brooks on Sun Oct 16 20:20:08 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On Oct 16, 2022 at 10:40:56 AM MST, "David Brooks" wrote <ImX2L.1059323$[email protected]>:

    On 16/10/2022 00:20, Steve Carroll wrote:
    On 2022-10-15, David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 15/10/2022 23:04, Steve Carroll wrote:
    You claim you want to learn
    but that doesn't jibe with your action of avoiding things.

    I've been learning about malware and 'bad guys' since I had £245.00
    fraudulently taken from my bank account in 2005.

    Why so evasive? Why not answer my questions?

    I'm wary because Snit has told me about his experiences with you in the
    past.

    Ask just one thing at a time and I will respond.

    Cybercrime fascinates me.

    You're not getting anywhere near cybercrime with the stuff you do. The
    most common forms of it are phishing, identity theft (usually involving
    credit card activity) and ransomware (less common)... and there's a
    reason for that, people are the weakest link (look at what Hao Kuo Chi
    did). Apple's iCloud just isn't that vulnerable, less so nowadays. Is it
    bulletproof? Of course not, nothing is... but it makes no sense to do
    what you're suggesting anyway.

    You are, perhaps, misunderstanding me. I do NOT consider the Apple
    iCloud to be "vulnerable".

    If you're talking about breaching iCloud servers directly, it will be
    detected before long but unless you can crack the encryption, there's no
    point. At the start of the pandemic I did read that Apple isn't going to
    encrypt iPhone backups to iCloud at the behest of the FBI, a thing they
    were working to do, but I don't know if that's still the case.

    I don't know what has transpired there either.

    I have experimented with using the iCloud Drive to share files. It's not difficult and it 'works'! :-)

    I'm absolutely certain that *I* didn't put Savageduck's video files into
    my iCloud Drive. Have you any idea at all how that could have happened, simply by me clicking on a link he posted in the 'rec.photo.digital' group?

    With the link you shared there is no even slight likely way it could have led to putting files on your iCloud drive.


    TIA


    --
    Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

    They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Snit@21:1/5 to David Brooks on Sun Oct 16 23:13:32 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On Oct 16, 2022 at 3:39:47 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote <TK%2L.2239292$[email protected]>:

    On 16/10/2022 21:20, Snit wrote:
    On Oct 16, 2022 at 10:40:56 AM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
    <ImX2L.1059323$[email protected]>:

    On 16/10/2022 00:20, Steve Carroll wrote:
    On 2022-10-15, David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 15/10/2022 23:04, Steve Carroll wrote:
    You claim you want to learn
    but that doesn't jibe with your action of avoiding things.

    I've been learning about malware and 'bad guys' since I had £245.00 >>>>> fraudulently taken from my bank account in 2005.

    Why so evasive? Why not answer my questions?

    I'm wary because Snit has told me about his experiences with you in the
    past.

    Ask just one thing at a time and I will respond.

    Cybercrime fascinates me.

    You're not getting anywhere near cybercrime with the stuff you do. The >>>> most common forms of it are phishing, identity theft (usually involving >>>> credit card activity) and ransomware (less common)... and there's a
    reason for that, people are the weakest link (look at what Hao Kuo Chi >>>> did). Apple's iCloud just isn't that vulnerable, less so nowadays. Is it >>>> bulletproof? Of course not, nothing is... but it makes no sense to do
    what you're suggesting anyway.

    You are, perhaps, misunderstanding me. I do NOT consider the Apple
    iCloud to be "vulnerable".

    If you're talking about breaching iCloud servers directly, it will be
    detected before long but unless you can crack the encryption, there's no >>>> point. At the start of the pandemic I did read that Apple isn't going to >>>> encrypt iPhone backups to iCloud at the behest of the FBI, a thing they >>>> were working to do, but I don't know if that's still the case.

    I don't know what has transpired there either.

    I have experimented with using the iCloud Drive to share files. It's not >>> difficult and it 'works'! :-)

    I'm absolutely certain that *I* didn't put Savageduck's video files into >>> my iCloud Drive. Have you any idea at all how that could have happened,
    simply by me clicking on a link he posted in the 'rec.photo.digital' group? >>
    With the link you shared there is no even slight likely way it could have led
    to putting files on your iCloud drive.

    Might Savageduck have put his video(s) onto HIS iCloud Drive and shared
    it from there? Might that have done it?

    Yes, he could have shared an iCloud link.

    --
    Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

    They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to Snit on Sun Oct 16 23:39:47 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On 16/10/2022 21:20, Snit wrote:
    On Oct 16, 2022 at 10:40:56 AM MST, "David Brooks" wrote <ImX2L.1059323$[email protected]>:

    On 16/10/2022 00:20, Steve Carroll wrote:
    On 2022-10-15, David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 15/10/2022 23:04, Steve Carroll wrote:
    You claim you want to learn
    but that doesn't jibe with your action of avoiding things.

    I've been learning about malware and 'bad guys' since I had £245.00
    fraudulently taken from my bank account in 2005.

    Why so evasive? Why not answer my questions?

    I'm wary because Snit has told me about his experiences with you in the
    past.

    Ask just one thing at a time and I will respond.

    Cybercrime fascinates me.

    You're not getting anywhere near cybercrime with the stuff you do. The
    most common forms of it are phishing, identity theft (usually involving
    credit card activity) and ransomware (less common)... and there's a
    reason for that, people are the weakest link (look at what Hao Kuo Chi
    did). Apple's iCloud just isn't that vulnerable, less so nowadays. Is it >>> bulletproof? Of course not, nothing is... but it makes no sense to do
    what you're suggesting anyway.

    You are, perhaps, misunderstanding me. I do NOT consider the Apple
    iCloud to be "vulnerable".

    If you're talking about breaching iCloud servers directly, it will be
    detected before long but unless you can crack the encryption, there's no >>> point. At the start of the pandemic I did read that Apple isn't going to >>> encrypt iPhone backups to iCloud at the behest of the FBI, a thing they
    were working to do, but I don't know if that's still the case.

    I don't know what has transpired there either.

    I have experimented with using the iCloud Drive to share files. It's not
    difficult and it 'works'! :-)

    I'm absolutely certain that *I* didn't put Savageduck's video files into
    my iCloud Drive. Have you any idea at all how that could have happened,
    simply by me clicking on a link he posted in the 'rec.photo.digital' group?

    With the link you shared there is no even slight likely way it could have led to putting files on your iCloud drive.

    Might Savageduck have put his video(s) onto HIS iCloud Drive and shared
    it from there? Might that have done it?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Oct 16 19:31:55 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    In article <TK%2L.2239292$[email protected]>, David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:


    Might Savageduck have put his video(s) onto HIS iCloud Drive and shared
    it from there?

    he could have, but that's irrelevant.

    Might that have done it?

    no.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to nospam on Mon Oct 17 06:02:14 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On 17/10/2022 00:31, nospam wrote:
    In article <TK%2L.2239292$[email protected]>, David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:


    Might Savageduck have put his video(s) onto HIS iCloud Drive and shared
    it from there?

    he could have, but that's irrelevant.

    Thank you for agreeing with Snit about that.

    Might that have done it?

    no.

    I see. What technical explanation do you have, please?

    I didn't move the video files from Savageduck onto my iCloud Drive
    personally.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Snit@21:1/5 to David Brooks on Mon Oct 17 05:47:03 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On Oct 16, 2022 at 10:02:14 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote <ql53L.1227551$[email protected]>:

    On 17/10/2022 00:31, nospam wrote:
    In article <TK%2L.2239292$[email protected]>, David Brooks
    <[email protected]> wrote:


    Might Savageduck have put his video(s) onto HIS iCloud Drive and shared
    it from there?

    he could have, but that's irrelevant.

    Thank you for agreeing with Snit about that.

    Might that have done it?

    no.

    I see. What technical explanation do you have, please?

    I didn't move the video files from Savageduck onto my iCloud Drive personally.

    Most likely explanation is SOMEONE with access to one of your devices did.

    --
    Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

    They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to Snit on Mon Oct 17 07:23:47 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On 17/10/2022 06:47, Snit wrote:
    On Oct 16, 2022 at 10:02:14 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote <ql53L.1227551$[email protected]>:

    On 17/10/2022 00:31, nospam wrote:
    In article <TK%2L.2239292$[email protected]>, David Brooks
    <[email protected]> wrote:


    Might Savageduck have put his video(s) onto HIS iCloud Drive and shared >>>> it from there?

    he could have, but that's irrelevant.

    Thank you for agreeing with Snit about that.

    Might that have done it?

    no.

    I see. What technical explanation do you have, please?

    I didn't move the video files from Savageduck onto my iCloud Drive
    personally.

    Most likely explanation is SOMEONE with access to one of your devices did.


    As FromTheRafters has been explaining to me for years ......

    Anything which *I* can do, properly crafted malware can ALSO do!

    It is NOT happening now. 🙂

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Snit@21:1/5 to David Brooks on Mon Oct 17 06:30:55 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On Oct 16, 2022 at 11:23:47 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote <Tx63L.1163484$[email protected]>:

    On 17/10/2022 06:47, Snit wrote:
    On Oct 16, 2022 at 10:02:14 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
    <ql53L.1227551$[email protected]>:

    On 17/10/2022 00:31, nospam wrote:
    In article <TK%2L.2239292$[email protected]>, David Brooks
    <[email protected]> wrote:


    Might Savageduck have put his video(s) onto HIS iCloud Drive and shared >>>>> it from there?

    he could have, but that's irrelevant.

    Thank you for agreeing with Snit about that.

    Might that have done it?

    no.

    I see. What technical explanation do you have, please?

    I didn't move the video files from Savageduck onto my iCloud Drive
    personally.

    Most likely explanation is SOMEONE with access to one of your devices did.


    As FromTheRafters has been explaining to me for years ......

    Anything which *I* can do, properly crafted malware can ALSO do!

    It is NOT happening now. 🙂

    The idea that malware grabbed some videos and placed them on your iCloud drive is, at best, deeply unlikely.


    --
    Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

    They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to Snit on Mon Oct 17 07:57:26 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On 17/10/2022 07:30, Snit wrote:
    On Oct 16, 2022 at 11:23:47 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote <Tx63L.1163484$[email protected]>:

    On 17/10/2022 06:47, Snit wrote:
    On Oct 16, 2022 at 10:02:14 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
    <ql53L.1227551$[email protected]>:

    On 17/10/2022 00:31, nospam wrote:
    In article <TK%2L.2239292$[email protected]>, David Brooks
    <[email protected]> wrote:


    Might Savageduck have put his video(s) onto HIS iCloud Drive and shared >>>>>> it from there?

    he could have, but that's irrelevant.

    Thank you for agreeing with Snit about that.

    Might that have done it?

    no.

    I see. What technical explanation do you have, please?

    I didn't move the video files from Savageduck onto my iCloud Drive
    personally.

    Most likely explanation is SOMEONE with access to one of your devices did. >>

    As FromTheRafters has been explaining to me for years ......

    Anything which *I* can do, properly crafted malware can ALSO do!

    It is NOT happening now. 🙂

    The idea that malware grabbed some videos and placed them on your iCloud drive
    is, at best, deeply unlikely.

    How about something like EtreCheck doing it?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Snit@21:1/5 to David Brooks on Mon Oct 17 07:04:11 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On Oct 16, 2022 at 11:57:26 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote <q173L.2239293$[email protected]>:

    On 17/10/2022 07:30, Snit wrote:
    On Oct 16, 2022 at 11:23:47 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
    <Tx63L.1163484$[email protected]>:

    On 17/10/2022 06:47, Snit wrote:
    On Oct 16, 2022 at 10:02:14 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
    <ql53L.1227551$[email protected]>:

    On 17/10/2022 00:31, nospam wrote:
    In article <TK%2L.2239292$[email protected]>, David Brooks
    <[email protected]> wrote:


    Might Savageduck have put his video(s) onto HIS iCloud Drive and shared >>>>>>> it from there?

    he could have, but that's irrelevant.

    Thank you for agreeing with Snit about that.

    Might that have done it?

    no.

    I see. What technical explanation do you have, please?

    I didn't move the video files from Savageduck onto my iCloud Drive
    personally.

    Most likely explanation is SOMEONE with access to one of your devices did. >>>

    As FromTheRafters has been explaining to me for years ......

    Anything which *I* can do, properly crafted malware can ALSO do!

    It is NOT happening now. 🙂

    The idea that malware grabbed some videos and placed them on your iCloud drive
    is, at best, deeply unlikely.

    How about something like EtreCheck doing it?

    Deeply, deeply unlikely. What is the idea even? Grabs... what? Where would it get the images? From your browser history? That seems strange. Recently downloaded. Maybe SLIGHTLY less strange, but why? And then move them to iCloud for the purpose of?

    What would the point be? Most malware does not want to leave obvious tracks,
    or at least ones that do not further a goal. What would the goal even be?



    --
    Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

    They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From nospam@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Oct 17 08:27:27 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    In article <ql53L.1227551$[email protected]>, David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:

    Might Savageduck have put his video(s) onto HIS iCloud Drive and shared
    it from there?

    he could have, but that's irrelevant.

    Thank you for agreeing with Snit about that.

    i didn't agree with him.

    Might that have done it?

    no.

    I see. What technical explanation do you have, please?

    i explained it last week, which you obviously did not understand (no
    surprise there).

    I didn't move the video files from Savageduck onto my iCloud Drive personally.

    indirectly you did.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to nospam on Mon Oct 17 14:40:10 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    On 17/10/2022 13:27, nospam wrote:
    In article <ql53L.1227551$[email protected]>, David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:

    Might Savageduck have put his video(s) onto HIS iCloud Drive and shared >>>> it from there?

    he could have, but that's irrelevant.

    Thank you for agreeing with Snit about that.

    i didn't agree with him.

    Might that have done it?

    no.

    I see. What technical explanation do you have, please?

    i explained it last week, which you obviously did not understand (no
    surprise there).

    Please will you direct me to a Message ID? I will re-read.

    I didn't move the video files from Savageduck onto my iCloud Drive
    personally.

    indirectly you did.

    I really would like to understand *HOW* I may have done so.

    Other readers in these groups would no doubt like to know as well.

    I'm fairly sure some here think you are simply a Troll seeking
    attention. My own perception is that you are getting to be a grumpy old
    man! If you are lucky, one day you may be as old as me! ;-)

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Oct 17 10:06:26 2022
    XPost: alt.computer.workshop

    In article <_Wc3L.1504357$[email protected]>, David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:

    I see. What technical explanation do you have, please?

    i explained it last week, which you obviously did not understand (no surprise there).

    Please will you direct me to a Message ID? I will re-read.

    look back in the thread, not that re-reading anything will make a
    difference because you replied to it, confirming that you already read
    it.

    I didn't move the video files from Savageduck onto my iCloud Drive
    personally.

    indirectly you did.

    I really would like to understand *HOW* I may have done so.

    you might like a lot of things but that doesn't mean any of them are
    possible.

    Other readers in these groups would no doubt like to know as well.

    they already do.

    I'm fairly sure some here think you are simply a Troll seeking

    ad hominem.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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