hildasmuriel
<font color=magenta>I'm a really really scaredy sc
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Last night we all sat down to watch one of our new Christmas DVDs and then as it finished, I logged on to Facebook, while my daughter fussed about getting ready for bed.
I had 2 surprises - firstly my son had added me as a friend on Facebook. He is a 17 year old University student. I thought the last thing he would want is his mum knowing what he's up to!
Secondly he had sent me a private message - in it he had told me that he discovered he was gay. He couldn't bring himself to tell me face to face and he was really worried about it.
My mind was racing, taking in this info at the same time as chatting to my daughter (yes, you do have to take off your new slippers before you go to bed!) but eventually she went to bed and my son went in the kitchen and I could follow him - intending to chat about it and try to help ease his worries.
"I got your Facebook message"
Blank look
"You've just added me as a friend"
Blank.......... "err.....no"
You sent me a message
"No, I didn't"
Back in the living room I showed him the message. He didn't send it. As he pointed out, it was sent while we were all watching the film.
He tried to log in to Facebook: "password not accepted"
He requested a change of password be sent to his hotmail address. Tried to log in there :"password not accepted"
Little tip for all of us here : if you have the same password for ALL your accounts AND someone finds it out, then they have access to ALL your accounts
We spent the rest of the evening reporting his hacked accounts to Hotmail and Facebook We can't even log in to see what other mischief the hacker has been up to.
My son is quite laid back about it, but I am thinking the hacker has NO IDEA what could have happened when I read that message. There are, unfortunately, still plenty of families who would throw a fit if their 17 year old son announced he was gay. It COULD have cause all sorts of trouble.
Horrible to think it must be someone who knows him quite well to have been able to search for me on Facebook and add me as a friend.
I had 2 surprises - firstly my son had added me as a friend on Facebook. He is a 17 year old University student. I thought the last thing he would want is his mum knowing what he's up to!
Secondly he had sent me a private message - in it he had told me that he discovered he was gay. He couldn't bring himself to tell me face to face and he was really worried about it.
My mind was racing, taking in this info at the same time as chatting to my daughter (yes, you do have to take off your new slippers before you go to bed!) but eventually she went to bed and my son went in the kitchen and I could follow him - intending to chat about it and try to help ease his worries.
"I got your Facebook message"
Blank look
"You've just added me as a friend"
Blank.......... "err.....no"
You sent me a message
"No, I didn't"
Back in the living room I showed him the message. He didn't send it. As he pointed out, it was sent while we were all watching the film.
He tried to log in to Facebook: "password not accepted"
He requested a change of password be sent to his hotmail address. Tried to log in there :"password not accepted"
Little tip for all of us here : if you have the same password for ALL your accounts AND someone finds it out, then they have access to ALL your accounts
We spent the rest of the evening reporting his hacked accounts to Hotmail and Facebook We can't even log in to see what other mischief the hacker has been up to.
My son is quite laid back about it, but I am thinking the hacker has NO IDEA what could have happened when I read that message. There are, unfortunately, still plenty of families who would throw a fit if their 17 year old son announced he was gay. It COULD have cause all sorts of trouble.
Horrible to think it must be someone who knows him quite well to have been able to search for me on Facebook and add me as a friend.
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What a horrible vindictive thing to do
