Comments on: The Audience Conference Dares Us to Listen http://crastinate.com/2009/11/05/the-audience-conference-dares-us-to-listen/ A Blog by Ely Rosenstock Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Help? Hacked and stuck with Verizon http://crastinate.com/2009/11/05/the-audience-conference-dares-us-to-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-7812 Help? Hacked and stuck with Verizon Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:04:20 +0000 http://crastinate.com/?p=889#comment-7812 I have a real stalker who happens to be an IT for a software company. Before I knew what was happening, besides for the physical stalking, he was in my account and my droid. Verizon admitted my phone had been hacked and "cleaned" did a hard reset. A new gmail account, a new phone number. You probably know, that didn't help me, and that didn't detur him. I have only been with verizon less than two months and have a $1500 bill (after they gave me a credit and I have made payments) I have pleaded, argued, cried. They admit to the problem, and the mistake, even the hacking, they just claim there is nothing more they can do. I am not safe with the phone, and can not get out of the contract (22 months remaining) Or can I? and since the hacker changed my account settings (friends and family settings etc. causing phone calls that should have been free to cost, do I have any other options?) Shalom, JoAnn I have a real stalker who happens to be an IT for a software company. Before I knew what was happening, besides for the physical stalking, he was in my account and my droid. Verizon admitted my phone had been hacked and “cleaned” did a hard reset. A new gmail account, a new phone number. You probably know, that didn’t help me, and that didn’t detur him. I have only been with verizon less than two months and have a $1500 bill (after they gave me a credit and I have made payments) I have pleaded, argued, cried. They admit to the problem, and the mistake, even the hacking, they just claim there is nothing more they can do. I am not safe with the phone, and can not get out of the contract (22 months remaining) Or can I? and since the hacker changed my account settings (friends and family settings etc. causing phone calls that should have been free to cost, do I have any other options?)

Shalom,
JoAnn

]]> By: Yehuda Farkas http://crastinate.com/2009/11/05/the-audience-conference-dares-us-to-listen/comment-page-1/#comment-5614 Yehuda Farkas Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:30:38 +0000 http://crastinate.com/?p=889#comment-5614 I tried this last year. It's called going "off the grid" or an "off the grid vacation." I went skiing in a very remote area for a four day stretch. No cell phone coverage, no blackberry or PDA use, and no up-to-the-minute updates. Even land-line phone use was scarce. I have to say, I had a great time. I can back relaxed, invigorated, and was actually excited to return home. Sounds great. What a joy. Why wouldn't we all do this, you might wonder? A patient of my died, I had a flood in my house, and because I was not checking my e-mails, I wasn't aware that someone was using my credit card, it had been stopped, and wouldn't work on my trip home. So what's the lesson here? Technology sucks, to a degree. We all remember those days when we went without a cell phone, or had to chug around a monster laptop that only had an internet connection through a dial-up line in a hotel. However, we live in a world where doing business is a 24 hour a day operation. If we want to exist in the current, we need to utilize the technology that exists, every waking second of the day. Even if that means answering an SMS message at 4:23am. I tried this last year. It’s called going “off the grid” or an “off the grid vacation.” I went skiing in a very remote area for a four day stretch. No cell phone coverage, no blackberry or PDA use, and no up-to-the-minute updates. Even land-line phone use was scarce.

I have to say, I had a great time. I can back relaxed, invigorated, and was actually excited to return home. Sounds great. What a joy. Why wouldn’t we all do this, you might wonder?

A patient of my died, I had a flood in my house, and because I was not checking my e-mails, I wasn’t aware that someone was using my credit card, it had been stopped, and wouldn’t work on my trip home.

So what’s the lesson here? Technology sucks, to a degree. We all remember those days when we went without a cell phone, or had to chug around a monster laptop that only had an internet connection through a dial-up line in a hotel. However, we live in a world where doing business is a 24 hour a day operation. If we want to exist in the current, we need to utilize the technology that exists, every waking second of the day. Even if that means answering an SMS message at 4:23am.

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