Posted on 03/21/2013 9:57:49 AM PDT by HomeAtLast
Virgin Mobile , www.virginmobileusa.com ,
has plans where you pay by the month, or 3 months auto from credit card if you want, very cheap which buys you some basic minutes.
If you go over, you pay for that. If you dont use it up, it accumulates - for years. I have over a hundred $ !
Yevgeniy Valentinovich was trained in security by one of the most famous security organizations in the world. Famous quote[2009], in response to "What's wrong with the design of the Internet?":
There's anonymity. Everyone should and must have an identification, or Internet passport. The Internet was designed not for public use, but for American scientists and the U.S. military. That was just a limited group of people--hundreds, or maybe thousands. Then it was introduced to the public and it was wrong…to introduce it in the same way.Last July, his ex-wife (and co-owner of Kaspersky Labs), Natalya Kaspersky came out in favor of a Russian national firewall (like the Great Firewall of China), saying that fears of government censorship were overblown and complaining that “Right now we have a tremendous freedom of speech in mass media, with no prohibited topics at all.”I'd like to change the design of the Internet by introducing regulation--Internet passports, Internet police and international agreement--about following Internet standards. And if some countries don't agree with or don't pay attention to the agreement, just cut them off.
The phone is not even out of the original packaging yet. My concern is that if I were to activate it, sign up to Sprint or att, would the person who gave it to me be able to access it, and via this wireless network, other devices in my home?
For all I know, that could be a dumb question. I know nearly nothing at all about this stuff. I don’t use wireless and can’t understand why someone I don’t even know very well would be so keen on the idea of getting me to use it.
Your concern is valid. Is this friend/acquaintance someone you trust? Is he looking out for your well being/safety? Your call, but before using the phone, get much more info....bout the gifter and the gift.
Prudence is not paranoia...
Heck no, I don’t trust him. Known him distantly several years, still know almost nothing about him. The generosity he shows is a recent thing and baffling to me.
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