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10/2/11 05:58 pmMore shenanigans re: mom's ongoing battle with spam.
"WHAT'S AN SSL CERTIFICATE THIS GUY EMAILS ME EVERY DAY SAYING I NEED ONE TO GET ON FACEBOOK I DON'T LIKE THIS WHAT'S GOING ON."
This led into a very long and involved conversation about how google spiders work, how bots work, and why Facebook is the evil empire when it comes to selling personal data.
She turns to me and says "So...this Justin guy who emails me every day, he's not a real person?"
"Do you know him personally?"
"Well, no."
"Then he's likely a bot, mom."
"...what's that?"
...................and then I smashed my head repeatedly into drywall the end.
"WHAT'S AN SSL CERTIFICATE THIS GUY EMAILS ME EVERY DAY SAYING I NEED ONE TO GET ON FACEBOOK I DON'T LIKE THIS WHAT'S GOING ON."
This led into a very long and involved conversation about how google spiders work, how bots work, and why Facebook is the evil empire when it comes to selling personal data.
She turns to me and says "So...this Justin guy who emails me every day, he's not a real person?"
"Do you know him personally?"
"Well, no."
"Then he's likely a bot, mom."
"...what's that?"
...................and then I smashed my head repeatedly into drywall the end.