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Do you guys steal information? Like IPs or anything? Because my parents are convinced that this website is full of "cyber terrorists".

(Also, my account is super new because I used to have an account on here years ago but I long forgot the password)
If you delete this post or ban me, I'll understand why.
 
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Honestly I don't care

That's fine and all. My point still stands for the long term. If people want to worry more about some strangers on a forum than the data the likes of Facebook and Google are banking off of... There's a bigger issue at hand. Good thing it doesn't involve just you.
 

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That's fine and all. My point still stands for the long term. If people want to worry more about some strangers on a forum than the data the likes of Facebook and Google are banking off of... There's a bigger issue at hand. Good thing it doesn't involve just you.
I care about my data being stolen but I don't use face book only Google who steals more data but still they have never shown me a relevant ad or suggestion even with my data
 
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I care about my data being stolen but I don't use face book only Google who steals more data but still they have never shown me a relevant ad or suggestion even with my data
they have sold my info and I've gotten *VERY* specific ads before
I've also gotten spammer who I managed to have legitimate conversations with and they told me that they bought my info

idc about google selling my info since most of what google knows about me is a fake personality I put on around people I know irl
but as soon as they sell my address there will be problems
 

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You shouldn't worry, only wifi eat babies, so as long as you don't have a baby and have wifi? You be safe!

I myself have had to explain a fair deal about "No it's not dangerious and no it won't eat your bank info". Some people are to overprotective and that's why iPhones still sell like hotcakes because it's made for an audience without the need to think. They have their little safe, fluffly cloud. Apple would never do them any harm. They are an American company, built from a garage. It's the American dream that came true! Well.... you all know how well the iCloud scandal was?

As long as you don't share you secrets, no one will know your secrets. That's pretty much the content here!

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Thank you everyone for your help. I'd really like to convince them that there's nothing malicious here (I've been using this site for a long time now, nothing bad has happened), but I'm not sure if they're willing to listen.

My dad is super cautious (he once didn't allow me to download Audacity because someone from his work told him about some Adobe Flash Player virus), and my mom trusts him way more than she trusts me. She keeps telling me that he knows more than online security than me, but his method of avoiding malware is to avoid the internet altogether. They keep treating me like I'm stupid or something. I don't mean to be arrogant or disrespectful or anything (which they'd find all of my posts to be just that), but it's evidently clear that I know more about technology than both of them.

My dad said that the Wii U wouldn't boot the other day and my dad told me that the Homebrew I installed on it was causing it and told me to unistall it. I turned it on and was greeted with a USB error screen. Switched the port, and it worked fine.

If any Homebrew Devs happen to see this, I would really appreciate your input on Wii U malware (or, rather, the lack of it).
 
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Thank you everyone for your help. I'd really like to convince them that there's nothing malicious here (I've been using this site for a long time now, nothing bad has happened), but I'm not sure if they're willing to listen.

My dad is super cautious (he once didn't allow me to download Audacity because someone from his work told him about some Adobe Flash Player virus), and my mom trusts him way more than she trusts me. She keeps telling me that he knows more than online security than me, but his method of avoiding malware is to avoid the internet altogether. They keep treating me like I'm stupid or something. I don't mean to be arrogant or disrespectful or anything (which they'd find all of my posts to be just that), but it's evidently clear that I know more about technology than both of them.

My dad said that the Wii U wouldn't boot the other day and my dad told me that the Homebrew I installed on it was causing it and told me to unistall it. I turned it on and was greeted with a USB error screen. Switched the port, and it worked fine.

If any Homebrew Devs happen to see this, I would really appreciate your input on Wii U malware (or, rather, the lack of it).
Thanks for the idea time to make some
 
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Do you guys steal information? Like IPs or anything? Because my parents are convinced that this website is full of "cyber terrorists".

(Also, my account is super new because I used to have an account on here years ago but I long forgot the password)
If you delete this post or ban me, I'll understand why.

The answer, of course, is an unequivocal "yes." Your parents are absolutely right in this situation.
 

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Do you guys steal information? Like IPs or anything? Because my parents are convinced that this website is full of "cyber terrorists".

(Also, my account is super new because I used to have an account on here years ago but I long forgot the password)
If you delete this post or ban me, I'll understand why.

your parents are, no offense, dingbats.
 
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