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Old 01-16-2023, 01:49 PM   #1276
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This is the second or third time in the last few days I've had to report a spam post by an inactive, but previously legitimate, account here on MR. What is going on?
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I would guess that the user had accounts using the same username and password on multiple sites, and a spammer has got hold of a list of usernames and passwords from one of the many security breaches, and is just trying them on as many services as possible until they find one that works. Which will usually be an inactive account.
It looks to me like the hijacked accounts have all had ICQ, AIM, and Yahoo contact icons, but maybe the spammer added those.
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Old 01-17-2023, 12:26 PM   #1277
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It looks to me like the hijacked accounts have all had ICQ, AIM, and Yahoo contact icons, but maybe the spammer added those.
They did.
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Old 01-19-2023, 09:25 PM   #1278
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Old 01-22-2023, 04:59 PM   #1279
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Recently Opera Mini on my Android phone thinks I'm in Europe. Some sites work, some send me to EU versions, and a couple wouldn't open at all. I can't find anything in the Opera Mini settings about this. Reinstalling didn't fix it. Other browsers work normally. Weird.
This problem went away a week or two after I posted this back in July 2022. However, it came back again in December and this time it hasn't gone away. Some US based websites will not open at all. I did use their contact/bug report option but didn't get a response and the problem persists.

The main reason I liked Opera Mini is that it has a forward button plus I can easily organize my bookmarks into folders and subfolders.

Does anyone know another Android browser that has both a forward button and good bookmark organization?
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Old 01-23-2023, 07:03 AM   #1280
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^ Have you looked at the Vivaldi browser? My main use is on my PC, but I have it on my Android phone too and it has a forward button. Both let you organise bookmarks in folders - and you can synchronise between the two (which is just as well because I'd never have managed it just on the phone).

Vivaldi was started by Jon Tetzchner, one of the founders of Opera.
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Old 01-23-2023, 08:13 PM   #1281
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Old 01-23-2023, 08:50 PM   #1282
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^ Have you looked at the Vivaldi browser? My main use is on my PC, but I have it on my Android phone too and it has a forward button. Both let you organise bookmarks in folders - and you can synchronise between the two (which is just as well because I'd never have managed it just on the phone).

Vivaldi was started by Jon Tetzchner, one of the founders of Opera.
No I haven't tried that one - thanks for the tip
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Old 01-24-2023, 01:41 PM   #1283
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The main reason I liked Opera Mini is that it has a forward button plus I can easily organize my bookmarks into folders and subfolders.

Does anyone know another Android browser that has both a forward button and good bookmark organization?
You could also try DuckDuckGo. It allows you to create folders and has a 'Share' option. The advantage of this browser is that it has built in privacy protection.
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Old 01-25-2023, 05:56 AM   #1284
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The latest Windows update screwed up my Weather live tile so now it's showing the temperature in F rather than C. Bloody US-developed software.
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Take comfort from the fact that you're not alone - the VAST majority of the billion or so Windows 10 users are similarly effected.
Mine fixed itself yesterday or maybe today - it was either a Health Tools or an Edge Update, I suspect the latter.

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Old 01-25-2023, 06:24 AM   #1285
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Yup, mine's fixed too. I wanted to post it but couldn't remember what thread I posted in.
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Old 01-27-2023, 12:37 PM   #1286
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Yup, mine's fixed too. I wanted to post it but couldn't remember what thread I posted in.
You had real temperature showing. Now it's broken again.
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Old 01-27-2023, 01:23 PM   #1287
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You had real temperature showing. Now it's broken again.
"feels cold" and "feels hot" rather than the freezing and boiling temperature of water...
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Old 01-27-2023, 02:30 PM   #1288
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"feels cold" and "feels hot" rather than the freezing and boiling temperature of water...
It's easier to understand Fahrenheit. I know that 72 degrees is a nice day.
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Old 01-27-2023, 02:35 PM   #1289
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And I know that 20 C is a nice day.
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Old 01-27-2023, 04:51 PM   #1290
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You could also try DuckDuckGo. It allows you to create folders and has a 'Share' option. The advantage of this browser is that it has built in privacy protection.
I do sometimes use DuckDuckGo on my phone but I've never been able to figure out how to organize bookmarks.
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