Author Topic: Has Anyone Ever Been Picked On By A Cyber Bully  (Read 1525 times)

Has Anyone Ever Been Picked On By A Cyber Bully
« on: May 31, 2019, 12:48:13 am »
There is a ton of google topics about video games and even PC's getting destroyed by random hack attacks. I am also aware that now people can even fry your computer, if you look on google multiple people talked about it. I know all to well that this is true. including the secret power line hacking where people will install and do things offline to people as well.

tonight I can't play one of my game because every time I am winning it freezes and every time I am losing It does not freeze.

Nobody usually can stop hackers, or cyber bullies antivirus can also be bypassed. If anyone wants to do anything to your computer or devices they can pretty much get away with anything in my experience. Unless you have proof and tell some of the authorities
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Re: Has Anyone Ever Been Picked On By A Cyber Bully
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2019, 11:02:52 am »
"I collect vidya games and vidya game accessories, I tell you what."

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Re: Has Anyone Ever Been Picked On By A Cyber Bully
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2019, 05:30:56 pm »
I haven't personally but my dad has. Almost lost all the family photos we keep on the computer if I didn't back them up on my own PC.

From what I heard he fell victim to the scam where someone calls saying they detected a problem on your windows computer and hacked in from some of the info he had given them...this is when those calls just started up like years ago. At some point they asked for credit card info and my dad says hell no so they fried his computer

Re: Has Anyone Ever Been Picked On By A Cyber Bully
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2019, 07:57:33 pm »
lol there's quite a difference between the term hacker and cyber bully.

ferraroso

Re: Has Anyone Ever Been Picked On By A Cyber Bully
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2019, 08:02:00 pm »
From what I heard he fell victim to the scam where someone calls saying they detected a problem on your windows computer and hacked in from some of the info he had given them...

I may not know much about computers, but I think that is the point. Unless you deliberately give away info that can be used for someone to access your stuff, I think that the chances of a hacker choosing you to steal stuff from instead of a politician, a celebrity or some CEO is close to zero.

Just take care not to give away your private info to people you don't know or don't trust and you should be ok. Don't worry so much, oldgamerz.

Re: Has Anyone Ever Been Picked On By A Cyber Bully
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2019, 01:18:06 am »


Anything is hackable these days. If somebody really wanted to, they can get your information. Even if it’s just a simple email address used to sign up on a video game collectors forum.

Re: Has Anyone Ever Been Picked On By A Cyber Bully
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2019, 01:51:30 am »



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But to address the question, no I haven't and I've belonged to some pretty toxic forums. I've gotten into heated exchanges with people online, but I just gave them the same shit back that they gave me, which pretty much negated their ability to bully me.

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Re: Has Anyone Ever Been Picked On By A Cyber Bully
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2019, 10:58:06 am »


Anything is hackable these days. If somebody really wanted to, they can get your information. Even if it’s just a simple email address used to sign up on a video game collectors forum.
That was in response to cyber bullying, which is the question of the thread's title. Idk why or how he decided on mixing cyber crime into it.
"I collect vidya games and vidya game accessories, I tell you what."

Re: Has Anyone Ever Been Picked On By A Cyber Bully
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2019, 10:10:42 am »
For the cyber-bullying end of things- no, hasn't happened. I didn't have regular access to the internet for most of my formative years, & it was before social media anyway. Even now, I barely use social media sites to begin with, so the opportunity for it is minimal.

The thing about cyber-bullying is, it largely relies on two factors: anonymity & the victim's participation. It's not super hard to block someone from accessing most websites these days if you talk to the right people (assuming you don't have the ability yourself), so it's usually pretty easy to make a cyber bully go away by tattling. At least, that's what it seems like- I know I'd insta-block someone who crossed a line without a second thought.

Anything is hackable these days. If somebody really wanted to, they can get your information. Even if it’s just a simple email address used to sign up on a video game collectors forum.

For the hacking end of things: the above is very true, but the question becomes why. Why hack one person specifically, especially without a financial, political, or social gain from it? There's really only one reason- that person made themselves super easy to hack by throwing valuable data out into the world for anyone to find. The VAST majority of people aren't doing that.

The vast majority of hacking victims weren't targeted at all. Most hacks start off as data fishing- the culprits throw a large net out there, full of bait in the form of 'your computer is infected' pop-ups they snuck into the code of a large website, malicious code stuck into beign-seeming downloads, and mass emails using computer-filled forms from data stolen from larger targets. Only the ones who take the bait & give more data are usually targeted. What that means for the everyday person is simple: be careful what sites you go to, don't download unvetted files (even from friends or family), be suspicious of weird emails, & monitor your accounts... after all, even if you're doing a good job, someone who has your data could make a mistake & get you hacked as a result. Somebody got my bank account info once, my fiance's was compromised a week later... thing is, there was no commonality in our banking/shopping at the time- save for the actual bank we use. They got hacked, we had to clean up the mess. Luckily it went well & nothing was lost.

Why am I so sure most hacking isn't targeted attacks? Pretty simple- I'm a girl. That sounds utterly unimportant, but as someone who's online habits are gaming-centric, and that's traditionally a male hobby, it's often really, REALLY obvious when something is trying to sound targeted & just isn't (No, I'm not the cute guy you met in the chat room last night). I once got an email claiming to have hacked my computer, & that I'd need to send blackmail money to protect myself, with my password in the subject line. Two problems: one, the password was years-obsolete and never used on that email. Two, the 'blackmail' was for a hacked webcam video of me jacking off to a porn site. Well, that would require me to both have a penis & visit porn sites, wouldn't it? I marked the email as a scam & went about my merry way, not hearing from them again. Honestly, it's impressive how wrong they get things sometimes.

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Re: Has Anyone Ever Been Picked On By A Cyber Bully
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2019, 08:44:27 pm »
Long story short yes. Long ago in the Myspace forum days I got an edgy anime boy mad because  I didn't think his AMV was good. He actually deleted his Myspace page and created a new youtube page just to troll me (he gave all his actual account's videos 5 stars at the time and only and only left negative comments on the videos i had at the time so thats how i knew it was him aside from the anime Avatar) little did he know i actually knew people online who had perfected trolling as an artform back then and well i never heard from him after that