Warnings associated with dropbox?  I must have missed those, what's up?
Something else to keep me up at night?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: some of my favorite things.


> Evidently you are not aware of the warning that was published quite some
> time ago warning us against problems associated with DropBox.
>
> I'm not trying to stir up some huge fight or controversy. If you don't
> agree with my caution, then, simply ignore it. If being cautious saves 
> your
> computer from being taken over by some kind of virus or spyware, then, 
> that
> is all the better.
>
> Ron, K8HSY
>
>
> At 08:50 AM 6/30/2013 -0500, you wrote:
>>It was quite clear, it is a dropbox link.  For some reason, when I 
>>forwarded
>>the message to friends, they couldn't open the link, but I could.
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 8:33 AM
>>Subject: Re: some of my favorite things.
>>
>>
>>> Just to give you a heads-up... by just giving us a URL or address to go 
>>> to
>>> without any more information to tell us what we are going to is not a 
>>> good
>>> idea. Many of us are extremely suspicious of such emails, thinking they
>>> could lead us to some virus or spyware or something dastardly. This is 
>>> not
>>> simply paranoia; it happens all of the time, and it is not any kind of
>>> accusation about Curtis or anyone. A very good friend of mine got
>>> something
>>> on his computer a few weeks ago that ended up taking over his computer,
>>> sending out messages to everyone in his address book and to every email
>>> address it found on his computer. He didn't know anything about it until
>>> several of us contacted him, asking him if he intentionally sent out
>>> messages with just an URL in them saying something like: "Check this 
>>> out:"
>>> followed by an URL. He reported back that he knew nothing about it; 
>>> though
>>> the message came from his computer. It turned out to be a piece of 
>>> spyware
>>> that also spread to everyone else's computer that clicked on and went to
>>> the URL in his message.
>>>
>>> Caution is the smartest course of action!
>>>
>>> Ron, K8HSY
>>>
>>>
>>> At 10:50 PM 6/29/2013 -0700, you wrote:
>>>>Hey guys, check this out, this is quite a neat thing my friend has
>>>>shown me. I put it in my public drop box.
>>>>https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4910953/A%20Few%20of%20My%20Favorite%20
>>> Things%20About%20ARRL%20Field%20Day%202013.flv
>>>>
>>> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky University
>>> Ph: 270-782-9325
>>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
>>>
>>> Chair, American Council of the Blind's Monthly Monetary Support Program
>>> (MMS) Committee
>>>
>>> President: South Central Kentucky Council of the Blind (SCKCB)
>>
> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky University
> Ph: 270-782-9325
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
>
> Chair, American Council of the Blind's Monthly Monetary Support Program
> (MMS) Committee
>
> President: South Central Kentucky Council of the Blind (SCKCB)