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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
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Location: Belfast
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http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/ ... e--1214136I was in my YouTube settings the other day; if they're anything to go by, Joe Average will never know how to sort this crap out.
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I would have hoped that the guy who was arrested for the google+ invitation was released. I no longer post comments or like anything on youtube because of what it is added to. Facebook are also finding that they are losing users quite rapidly because too many oldies are using it. I am refusing new additions to mine and wonder if I should delete all these social accounts.
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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I've already been into my google mail settings to turn it off.
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
Posts: 10691
Location: Bramsche
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Turned it off straight away.
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cloaked_wolf
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
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On piephone and can't see a way to turn it off. Any ideas?
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Log into googlemail through a broswer.
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jonbwfc
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm
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I'm not sure turning the option off entirely protects you. I set it to 'no-one' and the help text now says 'If people who aren't in your circles send you emails in this way, you must agree before they can send you more.' That suggests anyone can send you one email, then you get a chance to block them, then if you do so they can't send you any more. That's a world away from 'no-one' meaning 'no-one can use this feature to send you email', it's actually 'opt out of receiving junk messages from each Google+ account after they identify themselves to you as a spammer'. Which is, to put it bluntly, [LIFTED] as the best available option.
Plus I'm wondering if there will be any way to identify the spam that arrives in your inbox as being sent to you via your G+ account?
It's just rubbish as a feature. There is no use for it other than spending spam, as far as I can see. Anyone on your G+ friends list can send you a G+ message directly and probably has your email address anyway...
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pcernie
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It's either a poor attempt at growing +, an equally poor attempt at spamming the NSA, or both   _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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big_D
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm
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Location: Bramsche
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Makes me kind of glad that I never used my Gmail account for anything. I think I have had one email that wasn't from Google or YouTube arrive in my account, and that was for an Android app I registered.
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"Do you know what this is? Hmm? No, I can see you do not. You have that vacant look in your eyes, which says hold my head to your ear, you will hear the sea!" - Londo Molari
Executive Producer No Agenda Show 246
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I decided to up my security settings. Thankfully it is not of me.  _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
Posts: 12700
Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Thankfully I don't have a picture.
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Amnesia10
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I have signed up for Youtube and GMail but do not use GMail at all. So like you I am glad that I do not use it for a lot of things. I have a cookie killer which stops tracking cookies even though my browser is supposed to stop trackers.  _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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