Sweet Gummi Mary! Can Google and Gmail and Blogger and all their related products quit snooping and trying to run my life???
Saturday afternoon, I was getting my blogs ready for the next day. From my phone, I emailed myself pictures of the Senior Center lunch that Farmer H brought home Friday evening. Three pictures. One labeled SOUP. One labeled SIDES. One labeled SOGGY REUBEN.
I went to my Gmail account to download those pictures for my not-so-secret blog. And was astounded to open up to a big red box! A warning that I had apparently sent myself a dangerous message! This message was on the SOUP and SIDES emails, but not on the SOGGY REUBEN email, which showed up as normal, with my picture ready to download.
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This message seems dangerous
Similar messages were used to steal people's personal information. Avoid clicking links, downloading attachments, or replying with personal information.
Looks safe
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One attachment scanned by Gmail
Downloading this attachment is disabled. This email has been identified as phishing. If you want to download it and you trust this message, click "Looks safe" in the banner above.
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Shame on me for phishing myself! At least I didn't reel myself in.
I re-sent those two photos, and they arrived as normal in new emails. I did everything the same as usual. I hope this is not going to be a continuing issue.
Our lives are being controlled. I get notifications from Alexa that I need to buy ink cartridges for my printer and that batteries are low in my blink cameras. Also, f I mention a product in a PRIVATE email, an ad for that product will pop up somewhere or in an email. Also, a few days ago, my husband was talking (in our den) and was thinking out loud that two numbers added together equal…..and before he said it, Alexa piped in with the answer.
ReplyDeleteI think it is funny because we never talk about any top secret things. But, what if we did. Like planning a bank heist or kidnapping or even more serious crime. Would authorities come knocking on our door?
Pudge450,
DeleteYes, you'll have to curtail your life of crime! Every time Farmer H says something out-of-line that he would not dare speak in public, I tell him: "Shut up! Your phone is listening!"
I still profess that I've been on a watch list since The Pony was in grade school back in the mid-2000s, and declared he wanted to learn Arabic, and I ordered him a Rosetta Stone CD. He has always been interested in archaeology and ancient languages.
I have trouble downloading photos from my phone so often I've resorted to sending them to "no-one" who then emails them back to me so I can save them to the appropriate files. I've resolved to only use my camera in future which means carting it everywhere all the time 😒
ReplyDeleteRiver,
DeleteI'm pretty sure technology is trying to kill us! From overexertion carrying around a camera, to soaring blood pressure from meddling with our media!