Meme Security
Y’know, I can’t believe people are still falling into these traps, but I guess maybe people aren’t as experienced / paranoid about these things as I assume.
You’ve probably seen those “name generator” style memes that go around, you know the ones. You take things like the first letter of your name, the month you were born, or the first letter of your street, and you pick out the words next to them so you can tell everyone your funny DJ name, what your obituary will say, or what your Lord of The Rings Orc name is. It seems pretty harmless and light hearted if you don’t think about it.
There’s a good chance you’ve worked out the problem just from having it described, the trick works backwards and can be used to decode the information, and because you’re not actually typing out your birthday, or telling people what your name is or what street you live on, you don’t feel like you’re giving anything away.
(I was also just typing out how someone could use that information, since on it’s own you might think it’s not that useful, but I’ve decided to not include that bit because it’s basically a guide on how to be a total creeper. Suffice to say you’d use that information along with other information which you can get in other ways.)Anyone or anything asking for personal information, whether it’s directly or indirectly, if it’s for a joke or if it’s for serious reasons, should always be treated as suspicious. Don’t go leaking your private details by accident, it’s really hard to clean up when you do.






