fishnet forum?

[BM]

Is that a fact? You were a BANNED user Nicholas Hubbard BANNED user who continually caused trouble for admin staff by continually logging in time after time with new email addresses and user names. You threatened many many users for catching you out over the solomon island affairs? Ring a bell?

FACT!!

I was as sorry to see fishnet go as anyone, i and frank saunders poured our heart and soul into that place. there was no under handedness at all. You were the reason the site no longer exsists. Thanks for the opportunity to reply however. Good bye.

Wow!!

I have not been around for a little while and just stumbled across this. Thankyou Cookie for your accurate and truthful response.

MICKSA, I am very happy if you desire, to lay out all the facts and all the names of those involved in the demise of Fishnet. A site I tried to resurrect after they decided to close it down but they were not interested. Yep my name is Nicholas Hubbard and I stand by my name and my efforts. It should be noted that I was a site award winner (Little Rexy Award). That does not factor well with being banned does it? Surely to moderate individuals that requires a degree of sceptical scrutiny and as to the origin of said bans!

I note you mention Frank in line with yourself in terms of heart and soul however the line of alliance gets drawn definitively at the point where you hacked into my account as head moderator (Mod1) and sent him abusive pm's (as Mod2) from my user account. (I have the email proof of this if you wish to challenge as do other site members). I requested David push for criminal charges against you. I should have pursued that myself.

However, karma has a way of finding its own way to punish the wicked AND/OR prosper the unfairly treated.

I attempted to save Fishnet and to rebuild it to where it once stood as the leader of the Fishing Forums (no offense Ausfish Steve!) but it didn't happen.

If karma has not already befallen you MickSA its only a matter of time. I note karma has struck those that were immediately close to you in your criminal behaviour. A jail cell is where you belong for what is best described as criminal behaviour.

[EdBerg]

As they say sooner or later the truth will be known. you cant hide IP's

Actually it is very easy to hide IP numbers, I connect to the internet through a VPN and at any given moment there are probably 50 to a couple of hundred or thousands plus users using the same shared IP number, only the IP to your internet provider is traceable but not by the end user/connection, once that original IP to the ISP connects to the VPN, that one disappears and a new one replaces it and that number is the IP number that every one else sees, that is the shared one so not traceable to the source user, that new IP is only traceable just to the VPN provider only.

.....just saying!

[skifalls]

Actually it is very easy to hide IP numbers, I connect to the internet through a VPN and at any given moment there are probably 50 to a couple of hundred or thousands plus users using the same shared IP number, only the IP to your internet provider is traceable but not by the end user/connection, once that original IP to the ISP connects to the VPN, that one disappears and a new one replaces it and that number is the IP number that every one else sees, that is the shared one so not traceable to the source user, that new IP is only traceable just to the VPN provider only.

.....just saying!

Not quite true, just because your using a VPN does mean your ip address is hidden. Standard practice for 'nasty' people is to use Russian, Dutch proxies and VPN to hide their activities.

They can and do get tracked, just takes longer and requires more resources.

Anyone can be tracked with enough time, skill and resources


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[EdBerg]

I agree, but not by someone without the resources, a hell of a lot more resources and time than the average forumite user has at their disposal.

VPN's/proxies are not just for "nasty people", I use one just out of principle. My web browsing habits are my own business and I do not wish to have anyone knowing what sites I visit or do on the internet just so the government or ISP's can sell off that data for marketing, or start keeping a tab on me for security or other purposes, or just because some search word triggers some sort of scrutiny.

If for example I wanted to find out how to make explosives or how binary bombs work just out of curiosity, that doesn't make me a terrorist and I do not feel I need to explain or justify my actions to any government dept., either just because I did a search on the web, and yes if anyone wants to or feels the need to track what I do on the internet, they can go right ahead and waste valuable resources doing so for stuff all benefit, but I am not going to make it easy for them to do it.

It's about privacy, that is why we all have curtains on our windows or a bit like sending a post card to someone. I put those in an envelope so only the intended recipient will read it, yes it is possible for someone in the postal service to open it and read it but I am not going to openly display it.

This is getting a bit off topic but I was just stating that it is easy to hide your IP address and just 'cause someone on a forum managed to look up an IP address doesn't mean that it is actually the right one.

[Noelm]

Sounds like you are paranoid about "people" knowing what you are doing, I don't care if some government spies look at what I have been browsing, nothing to hide, nothing to worry about is my thoughts.

[fishing111]

Pretty condescending comment noelm. Aren't we just the model citizen. If I knew how to block everyone off I would out of principle alone as stated. My business is my business. I understand the powers that be have to be on the look out for rock spiders and the like though.

However, that said, who said it's just government spies? Have you never heard of internet crime, accessing people's bank accounts and personal information for gain and countless other reasons people access your computer?

Sometimes Noelm i think your back in primary school looking for a gold star of the teacher with some of your comments. Paranoid in this day and age...i think your kidding yourself.

[Noelm]

Not trying to be condescending at all, and I can assure you, having worked in high level IT for over 20 years, I am well aware of Internet crime, it's just MY opinion/belief that I don't care who can see what I have been doing on my everyday Internet activity, some people might, and that's their choice, but, I have nothing to hide or fear.

[Dirtyfuzz]

Sounds like an Ausfish.onion site is required[emoji41]


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[Noelm]

I guess I should add, people "accessing" your computer is a different thing altogether, don't be confused with that.

[EdBerg]

Sounds like you are paranoid about "people" knowing what you are doing, I don't care if some government spies look at what I have been browsing, nothing to hide, nothing to worry about is my thoughts.

Well everyone is entitled to their own opinions and that is fine, I am not paranoid in the true sense of the word, but I am not ignorant or delusional either and as I stated below, these things are happening as we speak and so I know for a fact that in this day and age your internet surfing has a dollar value and everyone is trying to cache in on getting a slice. As for the government and security forces watching everything we do and say, that also is happening and has been for a many years. Just count how many cameras are watching your every move, in the city streets, stores, parks etc., "Big Brother" and Echelon is alive and thriving...To deny this is happening is to bury your head in the sand, and whilst I may not be able to stop this from happening, I am not going to make it easier for anyone to spy on me even if I don't have anything to hide.

So I assume that you don't have curtains in your house/unit and you wouldn't mind if some was watching you 24/7 with binoculars through the window or installed spy cameras in your house without your consent? After all "you have nothing to hide", which is one of the lamest excuses out. The surveillance is happening but it is just not in your face and most people are pretty clueless.

The fiction novel by George Orwell - 1984 whilst late is rapidly coming to be fact.

Now if you believe that the governments have your best interests at heart... well as I said earlier, everyone is entitled to their own opinion but don't be surprised if one day soon you will wake up to find that most of your freedoms and rights have been stripped away even if you didn't do anything wrong. Governments are supposed to work for us and in our best interests and not the other way around.... maybe I am delusional? Yeah right!!! Each to their own.. Have a nice day!

[Noelm]

I have learnt a long time ago that arguing opinions on an open Internet forum is a waste of time, however, I think someone installing spy cameras in your house is rather far removed than being able to see what people have been browsing on the Internet, it's people's own options what steps they take to secure their premises, Internet use, personal data/details, or even if they have curtains in their house, enough said.

[Mike Delisser]

I've know a couple of guys who were super protective of their on line privacy and use VPN's to cover their movements. One was a guy I worked with once and the other was my auto electrician. They both ended up in prison for kiddy porn.

[skifalls]

Yep, I'll agree with you there that not everyone is nasty and some people can and do use for legitimate purposes, they include spying government collecting metadata. The reality is I used to be one of those having worked in IT now for 22 years, this includes Entperprise security, now I find those technologies too dispirited or annoying, it no just easier to not use them, I don't get calls from the wife saying a Netflix doesn't work ;-)

So... happy to stand corrected


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[Gon Fishun]

So the Tooth Fairy and Unicorns are real.

[EdBerg]

I have learnt a long time ago that arguing opinions on an open Internet forum is a waste of time, .

I agree on that except I wasn't arguing, I was only having a discussion on how IP's identifications are easily bypassed, as to cameras in the houses, well they already have the means and I have heard that they can and do already spy on individuals. Your devices such as smart TV's, laptops, phones etc, all have cameras and microphones which can be activated without the owner being aware.There have been reports that certain people have been spied upon and if someone can then they will. It's only a matter of when it will become broad scale. I forget who it was now but one of the large companies, might have been Google or Facebook got into regulatory strife for doing just that.

Even my smart TV when I bought it came with about 40 pages of conditions that you had to agree before it would connect to the internet, one of the conditions was that you had to agree to let the TV capture images and voices recordings before activation. Needless to say I didn't agree and I still don't connect to the web through it. Microsoft when it brought out Windows 10 openly stated that it would sift through your computer, your emails etc. (also in the User agreement) and on sell the gathered data for "advertising purposes" and report any suspicious images of potential child porn. I do not condone child porn but when did it become OK for Microsoft to become law enforcement without a court order or justification, at best it is invasion of privacy!.

So it is a bit of a mute point regarding cameras and microphones in your house.. too late, it's done, and you have given the means and permission to do so. It is being done in a subtle and secretive way but it is happening!

Think about it!