A balancing act

Btw while changing rooms and creating accounts make sure you download the links of the sites from here so that you continue to get Strategy points alright?

Which room are you planning on playing on?

Aye, will do that. I opened a play money account on stars once, I can still register using PS, I hope?

@Vish: Treat!

I'll check and let you know by this evening. Make sure you don't play a real money hand there till then.

Cool, thanks.

Originally posted by alphabeat
Aye, will do that. I opened a play money account on stars once, I can still register using PS, I hope?

Sorry to tell you this, once account is opened for play/real money they won't let you track for any affiliates nor will they allow you to open new account.

I was once victim of same, i tried lot requesting them in the initial days, they didn't change their mind.

Yes, thank you MaHnak, stars confirmed the same. I toyed with the idea of creating another account with a separate email id, etc, but things started unethically rarely end well...

No matter, shall deposit into stars and play their micro 45 man MTT's while continuing the STT sng's on poker 770.

Played a set of 3 tables on the bus back home, and busted to ridiculous fish hitting their Aces on the river/runner runner straights. Ah, friday night! My tens finally ran into rockets on the bubble on the last table.Luckily, playing a very tight brm indeed, so shall just consider it an investment. May the fish become large and stupid for when I'm a shark.

I'm putting this message here in the blog as I don't see where else it would fit.

My girlfriend's gmail account was compromised yesterday. I got a chat from her account asking for hot pics of her, after I knew that she was asleep. We changed the passwords but it was quickly cracked once again. This left us no choice but to delete the account that contained so many years worth of emails, documents, photographs, etc.

Even if we don't like it, that google account forms a very central part of our lives these days. Right from the trivial things, to bank access details, everything is on our account, so losing it is a very real loss.

I soon figured out that it must be a keylogger virus on her system, as her second account, (for gmail recovery) also soon got compromised. So we switched off her computer, and I changed all her passwords from mine. Gmail shows last access locations, and they were some proxy servers in the US. Reported those, though its no use. Then in the morning, after verifying that all the accounts are still safe, I worked to get her primary account retrieved. (Yes, yes, i picked up a few million brownie points ♦)

There are some security features that are in place to prevent against exactly these kind of attacks: PLEASE MAKE USE OF THEM!!

Go to your google account right now and enable 2-step verification

Google gear icon(top right) -> Settings -> Accounts and Import ->Other Google Account settings -> Turn on 2 step verification

What this does is, it sends an sms code to your phone in case you are using a different computer than your normal one. This way, even if hackers get your password, to do damage, they still need your phone as well

Play safe,
A

kudos on the few mirrion brownie points.
gna do these setting in my gfs id and earn some my self.

and thank you very very very much for this info.
you r rite in sayin evrythin revolves aroung our google acc.
and i never knew this 2 step verification existed.
just did the settings.

thank you for sharing.

Originally posted by sandymanufan

you r rite in sayin evrythin revolves aroung our google acc.

thank you for sharing.

This is a serious cause of concern.. We use google for Everything on the internet.. and now phones too..
First it was just a search engine, and could keep track of what each and every IP searched.. then it slowly crept into our e-mails (gmail) , social networking (G+) and after they acquired android, our conversations can also be tracked..
Ever wondered when you seem to search for a particular flight online, suddenly a lot of ads keep showing up, matching the exact destination of your search... and you think to urself " wow.. my lucky day.. they have an offer on this flight... " They could have a huge ass database , and can use it to predict a lot of things about people... make specific ads to meet their needs etc, or even blackmail people... so basically online privacy has become Nil.....

anyways I have to stop writing now, cause google is most certainly looking at this...

anyways i am a big fan of google otherwise.. ; )

Heh, I think the conspiracy theory angle is taking it too far. Google themselves said, in a press release, that they have no plans to take over the world! (Wait, they can be trusted, right? I found that link on google)

Any case, I agree that the idea of privacy has changed a lot over the last decade or so. And I don't think its all bad either.. Increased transparency in government is just one of the advantages.

"I for one, welcome our android overlords"

Hey AB,

I am pretty sure hacking gmail/other email accounts is really disastrous for us. From last 3-4 years, i have seen 2 of my friends facing same problem and one was funny though.

The hacker actually mailed me/all contacts in his account to actually send across few hundred dollars to the account saying he is attending some conference in some country but lost his valuables and passport and he is in trouble now. He needs some money to return and stuff. I didn't realize for some time, I tried reaching him and his parents, but he was in US, i had few way to reach him all failed. I started writing him that, do send your details i will try and send across the money, believing he was in real trouble. He responded with western money transfer details and also the style he wrote email was funny and revealing that he wasn't my friend. There were too many requesting/begging in that email. After seeing the email i felt, he is f****** hacker.

After that i started playing game with him and really exchanged about dozen emails asking so many things and also showing little interest to deposit money. Asking him to send across few snaps and etc. Also asking him send across hotel and telephone number to reach him. Well, finally he gave up and stopped responding.

Well, its always necessary to keep pwd safe and use personal computer and keep that safe from virus.

Thanks for sharing it AB.

Thanks for the share. It seems my account already had a 2 step verification. Don't know how.

Also here's a link of what I watched sometime back. It's kinda talking about what prate1234 was talking about. I think its a good thing though. Win Win right? or not?

Well you will find these attacks (hacking all your passwords) very common soon...
My cousin brother faced it some months back...

Its actually Penetration testing that allows to see who don't use antivirus and have sharing enabled in their PC...

Injecting Keylogger is actually tough work unless you have access to the system and to get access, Penetration testing is done first and through some networking commands further steps are taken to inject keyloggers and get access to all the files in your computer...

For sure, 2 STEP VERIFICATION on Google is a MUST MUST THING everyone should enable...Secondly, USE ANTIVIRUS with FIREWALLS so that penetration testing gets failed.....

And IP addressess aren't worth anything, VPN can create dozen of invalid ips.....

Most of these hackers who do this for fun are INDIANS who just start learning these things and find them interesting(I really know them)

Originally posted by vikasgupta09

Most of these hackers who do this for fun are INDIANS who just start learning these things and find them interesting(I really know them)

Thats messed up...

Well, the comp had been used by random people that day, she's a professor and her students used it, so someone might have inadvertently/purposely installed a keylog. It definitely was some cheap impatient kid! asking one of her contacts for hot pics, while, with some patience, he could have done real damage. The loose passive fish of the hacking world.

Speaking of fish, i joined pokerstars! Will play their 25 cent 45 mans for some inexpensive mtt experience and to build my bankroll there

@Clawin: what's the win win?

Originally posted by alphabeat

Speaking of fish, i joined pokerstars! Will play their 25 cent 45 mans for some inexpensive mtt experience and to build my bankroll there

I played a ton of those 0.50, 45 man turbos on stars for a while.. excellent way to improve ur push/fold ranges .. Its very easy to build a roll with those games.. how many tables do u play ?? cause imo, you will need to play at least 8-10 tables to make it worthwhile ...

Hello all!

The kickboxing bunch and I went laser-tagging today. If you're in bangalore, and have a 7+ group, do check it out, its a lot of fun!

We were a group of 12, so we split into teams of 6, and got the whole arena to ourselves. After all the counterstrike/Q3DM played through school, this place is the bomb!

Most of my team wanted to camp and attack the opposite base station, but i'm more of the penetration attack types, made a few dozen deep strikes in enemy territory. Its funny how that its only a ten minute game: you could never tell by the amount we were sweating afterwards!

Started those 45 mans on stars! Am two tabling for now, as I get used to the new software and new format. Played 4 tourneys and made 2 cashes: one third place and one winner.

Rivered the villain to win my first 45 man: I'd put him on a flush draw, AK, AQ type hand. And got very lucky on the river...

Hero (BB): 41,373 (34.5 bb)
SB: 26,127 (21.8 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8♠ 9♣
SB raises to 2,400, Hero calls 1,200

Flop: (4,950) 9♦ J♥ T♥ (2 players)
Hero bets 2,400, SB calls 2,400

Turn: (9,750) T♠ (2 players)
Hero bets 14,400, SB raises to 21,252 and is all-in, Hero calls 6,852

River: (52,254) 7♠ (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results: 52,254 pot
Final Board: 9♦ J♥ T♥ T♠ 7♠
Hero showed 8♠ 9♣ and won 52,254 (26,127 net)
SB showed K♦ T♦ and lost (-26,127 net)

Hello Forum,

Heck of a long time since i wrote here, getting my act together!

Decided that being a music snob was for college (I wouldnt listen to any music written after the 90's) So this month, I'm only listening to music from the last 5 years.

Here are a few I found and luurrve:

Started playing for the poker 770 sng high gear challenge: shall put in a few sets in the micros today.

As you said lana del ray, here is my favorite. I sometime listen to this all evening

Hi folks!

All those in bangalore this friday, we are putting up a play in Alliance Francais, Vasanthnagar

Yours truly shall be the lights guy for the play.

Originally posted by alphabeat
Hi folks,

If in bangalore this weekend, do come for a play we are performing at alliance Francais, Pizzaman

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