Names in signatures

[ngauger]

Well, in keeping with the anonymity theme, I was told, like TinGoat was, to never post any personal information. I decided to use my nickname ngauger or N Gauger, since, it was a Very Unsafe place to be in chat rooms before we had "Windows". Yes, i was online in 1981

Well, The "net" came along and AOL and Peoplelink and a few others and soon after I signed on to AOL, some idiot hacked in and "borrowed" a few thousand card numbers

I had over $4000.00 charged to a credit card, thank The Good Lord for FDIC, since I got it all back But I vowed to never tell anything critical like that again...

Now that I work in an IT environment and "see" what 128 bit encoding and the new 256 and 512 can do to web information, I actually have a bunch of places with all my info, - mostly where my bills are paid online.

As to anyone who doubts the security of "the Web", if you have a bank account, ALL YOUR PERSONAL info is online.... Every bank in the US and Canada, has their records online (behind encrypted firewalls) so that your money can be used by other banks, until you decide to withdraw it. SS Numbers??? The IRS is "live and online too!! Yes, they are secure, yes, it's mostly only the last 4 digits, But it's still Stinking Scarey!!!!!!

As far as websites (like boards) where anyone can surf and scan and "see" free information, I absolutely do NOT give out any real info. (My avatar is faked) Mikey is my nickname and more people know me as N Gauger than Mikey LOL

My location is SE PA - Southeast Pennsylvania That's close enough for Government work

Now the really paranoid part, the FCC helps out Amateur radio enthusiasts with various lookups for call signs... Mine is in my sig..... This is used for contact and verification info, in that, if i DX (talk to someone in a distant country) they can verify my location...

My personal info "is" online somewhere

Ohhh wellllll