I have TrueCrypt 7.0.0.0 timestamped July 19, 2010 at 1:23:31PM

What a great idea! Eventually, they can just start sending out "drone" cops, and the real humans can sit in a safe office monitoring activity.

I suppose if you have sex with a prostitute, you can be held responsible if they have a child from that "contractual" agreement as well. Supposing they can get your name or even just get your license plate number.

I have had this happen a few times, and I always reply with a note that they are sending this to an unintended user. Once, it was someone's tax information. Usually if it is important communication, one reply will cause them to correct it in their address book. Mail coming via listserv is more difficult to get changed, so you can set an email rule that will auto delete the message based on the sender (ie, @listserv.church.org) For creating web accounts, you can make an email that you don't really use for other communication (ie, myfacebookemail2468@gmail.com) so it is less likely you will run into others using that email, and it will cut down on spam you get when that website sells your email. I think it is always important to have at least one email from a free account, like gmail, because you may change jobs and lose that account, or you may graduate from that school and lose that account, or change ISP's and lose that account. But try to make a username that is descriptive and easily remembered coachbob@gmail.com is better than B.L.Smith@gmail.com

The problem he is having is with them putting his email address instead of the intended user, which makes me think they got the @gmail part right, and the username wrong. If they cannot remember bobsmith@gmail.com why would they remember bobsmith@bobsmith.com? Since many use gmail.com with their own email, gmail.com would come to them naturally, but the first.middle.last is what they are messing up. I would suggest using something descriptive rather than a common given name, that is less likely to be duplicated (for websites) or mistyped (for emails). coachbob@gmail.com vs bob.q.smith@gmail.com for example, but using something that helps someone envision you when they try to think of your email.

The problem is not with the Gmail account, it is with his common username. What is a "real" mail account anyway?

Instead of giving them a list of To Do's and waiting for them to call me asking for help doing these basic things, I would prefer to just take the laptop and set it up for them. I also suggest they allow me to put Teamviewer in a folder called HELP on the desktop (along with a few other tools), so they can allow me to take a look at a problem without driving 100+ miles round trip. Helpful suggestions: Host file from MVPS; use task scheduler to have it update (free) Malwarebytes daily and scan weekly

You are referring to the paid version, the article was referring to the "free" version. Dzimas is correct.

Usually, when a relative says "oops, I accidentally deleted a file I wanted to keep", I just tell them to open the Recycle Bin and restore it back.