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Re: Philippines Cyber Crime Law: Facebook ‘like’ could land you in jail.

Hyphenet — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:14:09 -0000

Thank you for the resources. I'm not sure exactly how this will go down but not all countries are like ours. They are able to and will do as they wish.

I'm still unsure of how sharing posts will be deemed as libel to their government. There's a lot of gray to this law, I feel like it is at their discretion.

Re: Philippines Cyber Crime Law: Facebook ‘like’ could land you in jail.

Hyphenet — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:05:36 -0000

Well said, I can't believe this is even happening to them. I haven't seen anything about this on the news, I'm glad I ran across this news article on the Internet.

I don't know how they expect to enforce this law and how they find it acceptable to put people in jail for this.

Re: Philippines Cyber Crime Law: Facebook ‘like’ could land you in jail.

Bob — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:11:42 -0000

I think there may be a floor to this logic. Opinions are welcome

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Republic Act No. 10175 - SEC. 4. Cybercrime Offenses.
(4) Libel. — The unlawful or prohibited acts of libel as defined in Article 355 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, committed through a computer system or any other similar means which may be devised in the future.

CRIMES AGAINST HONOR Chapter One LIBEL - Article 355 of the Revised Penal Code
Section One. — Definitions, forms, and punishment of this crime.chanrobles virtual law library

A libel is public and malicious imputation of a crime, or of a vice or defect, real or imaginary, or any act, omission, condition, status, or circumstance tending to cause the dishonor, discredit, or contempt of a natural or juridical person, or to blacken the memory of one who is dead.

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According to the law, libel is only libel if it's both "public and malicious".
My question is if someone were to post a status to their friends only, could this be libel? I think possibly it could not be as it's not public but to a select group of people, namely their friends.

Links are here:

http://www.gov.ph/2012/09/1...
http://www.interaksyon.com/...

Re: Philippines Cyber Crime Law: Facebook ‘like’ could land you in jail.

mrdprince — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:51:31 -0000

It never ceases to amaze me what governments will try to do. This cannot go on. People must have freedom of expression. They must have some sort of outlet. When social injustice is the order of the day, it must be fought. http://po.st/f4egBW

Re: Signs you’ve been hacked

Hyphenet — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 15:19:44 -0000

I have seen all of these on my personal computer. Good antivirus protection is always recommended.

Re: How Cloud Computing Can Reduce your HR Burden in 2014

Hyphenet — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:45:42 -0000

Cloud computing helps organize my entire company! Working in 'The Cloud' allows easy access to shared office files so I don't have to bug my co-workers.

Re: Facebook advertisers target people who visited their site

Christina — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:38:48 -0000

I'm guilty of this. I don't usually fall for the obvious ones but if I think something is really cool or cute then I will sometimes 'like' it or 'share' it.

Re: Obamacare Scams…

DISGUSTED — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 10:56:53 -0000

I like that, "Obamacare is meant to help people, but with kindness resides evil." I just thought of the Twix commercial. The evil is cloaked in kindness! Think about it. By the way, I have just one question, Would you eat in a restaurant where their chef will not even eat the food? Congress will NOT even use HusseinCare because congress has the best care available...FOR LIFE. Guess who pays for it? The taxpayer of course which also pays their salary, again, FOR LIFE even if elected for only one term. (Do the research on government sites not political ones.)

Re: U.S. Bank Attack from Shylock Trojan!

Hyphenet — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:26:32 -0000

The central nervous system of banks are in serious danger. These attacks are unstoppable!

Re: No End for Endpoints

Hyphenet — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:34:31 -0000

Your webcam isn't risky unless your computer is compromised. Have you agreed to a download of any kind from any site, known or unknown?

Re: USPS Mail Scams

Jaffa — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 21:18:26 -0000

Iv'e had two of them this week the first one i have deleted and the second one have just come through. Deleted it again ofcourse but i have taken a screenshot thistime to share with you guys.

Re: What you should know before you upgrade to iOS 7

Hyphenet — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:08:52 -0000

Apple is good for that. Every year or so they come out with a new $300-$800 product and expect everyone to upgrade. Honestly, upgrading is probably the best bet because after a year with each of the iPhones I've had, it starts acting funny. Almost like they are made not to last.

Re: What you should know before you upgrade to iOS 7

Secular Antitheist Liberal — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:18:14 -0000

It's too early to tell where developers will take iOS 7. Personally the feature I want out of iOS 7, AirDrop, is not available on my two year old iPad 2. Android is looking better every day. I understand people love the Nexus 7. If I am forced to upgrade I'm not going to reward Apple. Really, a two year old iPad is obsolete?

Re: USPS Mail Scams

Hyphenet — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:39:59 -0000

Hi Pat, thanks for sharing. You can go to http://ehome.uspis.gov/fcse... and make a claim. Although, it is very hard and costly to track down these scammers. When it comes to the Postal Service I would think they would look at this as a threat to their company and do some investigating.

Hopefully our system will find a way to help protect us against crimes like this.

Re: USPS Mail Scams

Pat Mitchell — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 05:17:33 -0000

I received the 'courier cann't ' on the 17th and resisted opening the attachment! Is there anyone investigating the source? As well as myself the two other on the recipient list were Chidrenoftheworldmm and Joan Delaney. Both unknown to me. Thanks for information .

Re: USPS Mail Scams

Hyphenet — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:46:33 -0000

The reason why Norton might have missed it is because you might have agreed to the infection. Did you agree to an update or an install?

All the other computers should be fine. Since it wasn't connected to a workgroup, there is no reason to believe they are infected from the same virus. Your computer may not be infected either though. They might have tried to capture information from the computer. What happened after the link was clicked?

Re: USPS Mail Scams

Edward — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 04:14:01 -0000

Unfortunately a household member opened this email and clicked the link. I'm guessing that computer is now infected (Norton missed it). My question is in regards to the other PC computers on my home network.

The infected computer is new to the house and though it was plugged in to the network, I never connected it to a workgroup (via workgroup password ID). Do I need to reformat all three additional computers in my house because they were connected?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Re: No End for Endpoints

webcam hacking — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 00:17:03 -0000

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Re: USPS Mail Scams

Hyphenet — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:36:54 -0000

Wow it's a good thing you caught that. When something looks suspicious in an email, always mouse over the title bar to see if there is a different browser address. Or even right-click and view source to see if the code is showing up something way different than the page. If you are not very technical, you can always call USPS, they are well aware of these types of scams. Good luck to you! Keep your email safe, check out this blog for some cool tips http://www.hyphenet.com/blo...

Re: USPS Mail Scams

Pointerdog — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:14:57 -0000

Thank heavens for your site. I almost opened it, but the spelling mistake in the email made me suspicious so I looked it up 'Our company's courier cann't make the delivery of package' D'oh! Thank you.

Re: Best Antivirus for Microsoft Windows 8

Hyphenet — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:14:13 -0000

Yes it does, Meow. It is also one of the best, that is why it is in this list of "Best Antivirus for Microsoft".

Re: USPS Mail Scams

Hyphenet — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:35:14 -0000

That's great that you caught that. Skimming through content can cost you. Did you notify UPS?

Re: USPS Mail Scams

Hyphenet — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:16:50 -0000

Thanks for sharing!

Re: USPS Mail Scams

Hyphenet — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:05:09 -0000

Your welcome! You never know whats a scam these days. Unfortunately we have to be cautious of everything. Mail, emails, phone calls...

Re: Long passwords don’t offer “safe option”

Hyphenet — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:03:26 -0000

No problem, we can all use a little advice when creating passwords. Especially with so many cyber-criminals waiting for us to slip up.