XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/5/24 6:43 PM, sticks wrote:   
   > On 11/5/2024 8:19 PM, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> One of the things I really like about Firefox is the "Firefox Account".   
   >>> The ability to get it all set up on a different computer by just syncing   
   >>> into the account has made life easy many times.  With the old people I   
   >>> have to maintain systems on, I set them all up on one.   
   >>    
   >> Heh.  I am one of those old people and I started using Netscape .9 for    
   >> linux.  I even used Mosaic a few times!   
   >    
   > I meant no disrespect,    
      
   No worries!   
      
   > and should have said older than me (I ain't no   
   > spring chicken).  Couple days ago, my mom got silly and called the   
   > number on an email from someone claiming to be from paypal saying they   
   > were charging her account $500.  My younger nephew was there at the   
   > time.  She figured out during the call it was a scam and hung up.   
   > Delete the email and move on.  No harm.   
      
   I've got 3 of these calls so far:  "Hey grandma, I'm in trouble..."    
   Surprisingly effective if you don't have that much contact with the    
   grandspawn.  Ask for his dog's name.   
      
   > For some reason the nephew decides she needs to reinstall windows cause   
   > she got phished.  Not sure exactly what procedure he used, but he   
   > effectively did a full install and erased everything she had on her   
   > system.  All pictures, documents, contacts...every damn thing.  He never   
   > asked if she needed anything saved or backed up.     
      
   That's unforgiveable.  At the very least the little shithead is out of    
   the will!   
      
   > Then, he got stuck in   
   > an endless loop which would not allow it to finish the installation.  He   
   > texts me for help, and I let him sweat it out.  When he failed to figure   
   > out how to move forward I told him to just leave it and I would take   
   > care of it.   
   >    
   > I was able to get it done and get everything installed again, and   
   > Firefox was the only thing that was back as it should be because of   
   > having the Firefox Account.  Didn't lose any email since I had her on   
   > IMAP, but he toasted all her contacts.   
   >    
   > I imaged it all before giving it back to her and hope she learned a   
   > lesson or two.   
      
   I've got 5 (maybe 6) rotating backups of my entire working partition and   
   I do a new one every few days.  I don't think you can do that with windows.   
      
      
   --    
   Cheers, Bev   
        Will give investment advice for food.   
      
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