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[epimethean]

Survey time!

I need a few reasonably intelligent individuals who can take direction and know how to not be idiots on the internet. Raise your hand if you know how to not be an idiot on the internet! Great! I'd like your help with a thing that may or may not involve the recent interrogations and the results of said interrogations. Fill this out:

<b>Name:</b> I don't really care if you use an alias; I just need something to call you. Don't screw with me because I'll know. <b>Age:</b> No teenagers with attitude, please, the entire point of this is to not be an idiot on the internet. <b>Are you a frequent user of social networks?</b> Yes/No <b>Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology?</b> Yes/No, elaborate if necessary. <b>Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet:</b> No hints.

That's it, that's all you have to do! Easy, right? Also, if anyone has any knowledge of how much technological fire/brainpower the "enemy" is packing (i.e. do they employ hackers!? How good are the hackers?! etc. etc.), that's a thing I'd like to know.

I'm sure there are some of you who might find this incredibly vague and possibly suspicious, so hello, I'm Wheatley, I've been on this network for a few months now and I haven't done anything stupid with regards to keeping it a secret. I do computer things, if anyone ever needs any computer things.

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[cava]

... I can hardly claim I expected to find you here.

[what did he do to deserve this]

Name: Cain
Age: 24
Are you a frequent user of social networks? Yes
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology? With years' practice in programming and a bachelor's in computer science, I should certainly hope so.
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: An intermediary server. meant to reroute a connection and obscure/falsify/etc the location of the user. Hardly difficult.

[epimethean]

[OH HEY it's the new guy. HEY NEW GUY.]

Yeah, you're in, I'm just trying to weed out the people who think a disc drive is a cup holder.

I'm sure you read about the bloke who got away from the cops provided he give some names, yeah? He's going to give them some fake names and we're going to give the fake names an online presence. It's not the most effective course of action but it might buy us a little bit of time to figure out a plan B.

[reapsthewind]

Name: starscream
Age: 28
Are you a frequent user of social networks? y
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology? y
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: it's a server that you route your stuff through to hide yourself from the authorities duh

[epimethean]

Don't get too excited, I doubt this is going to be a very effective project but I'm looking to create a sort of safety net of fake online personas so people can give fake names to the cops if they get themselves in trouble. It'll probably only work a few times before they catch on, depending, but the more convincing we can make it, the more time we could potentially buy ourselves and the unfortunate sods who get caught.

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[italktofish]

Name: ARTHUR CURRY
Age: I AM 37 NO NEED TO LIE ABOUT MY AGE
Are you a frequent user of social networks? I HAVE A FACEBOOK THAT I USE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH GRANNY CURRY
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology? I CAN USE THE MICROWAVE AND IT WON'T BLOW UP AND ALSO I HAVE THIS NEAT LITTLE DANCING PURPLE MONKEY ON MY COMPUTER
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: IS THAT SOME SORT OF PIMPLE CREAM I DON'T UNDERSTAND

[epimethean]

Arthur I appreciate your enthusiasm but I'm not sure your brand of outrageous is right for this project.

I could teach you more about computers if you wanted to learn, though?

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[synonymouswithdookie]

Not gonna lie, I kinda wanna see what kind of amazing facebook pages the fish guy can churn out.

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[epimethean]

I admit to being--to being morbidly curious, but I'm not sure now's the time to be taking unnecessary risks.

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[italktofish]

[There is a link to Arthur's Facebook page.

There are lots of pictures of goldfish and lots of pictures of Arthur hanging out with other school bus drivers, as well as pictures of Arthur and his family from the reunion of Granny Curry's Birthday Extravaganza back in September.

But mostly it's pictures of goldfish and fish at the aquarium and swimming things in general.]

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[hawaiianheir]

Name: Zephyr
Age: 20
Are you a frequent user of social networks? fb is shit but i know how to use it
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology? compsci so y
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: intermediary server, used to hide yourself from cops and get around work filters of less-than-reputable sites.

[epimethean]

Right answer, good job. We're making fake internet personas.

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[honestopinion]

Name: Jamie
Age: 18
Are you a frequent user of social networks? Yeah, somethingawful and cracked.
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology? Duh.
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: Yeah, I know what a proxy is. You need one for "special" downloads.

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[epimethean]

[oh my god he's found the goons]

I'm going to need an actual definition, if that's okay.

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[stagnantair]

Name: Gavin
Age: 27
Are you a frequent user of social networks?
I used to have Facebook but I don't use it anymore, besides talking to my aunt. I use 4chan and .onion sites, mostly.
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology?
Yeah, I'd say so. I'm no hacker, but I know my way around routing technology and using programmes for encryptions.
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: It's basically a zip code.

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[epimethean]

Not exactly, you might be thinking of an IP address in very loose terms, but if you know routing and encryptions you can probably help. We're looking to drum up some fake internet personas to fake out the cops.

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[originaloddcouple]

Name: Isaac Dian
Age: 31
Are you a frequent user of social networks? Yes! This counts, right?
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology? Sort of? I understand how my phone works!
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: Someone that completes things in someone else's place!

[epimethean]

That would be the OED definition of proxy! Looking for what it means in the computer world, unfortunately. I can teach you, if you like.

[originaloddcouple]

Name: Miria Dian
Age: 32
Are you a frequent user of social networks? Sometimes! I just visit them every now and then. But I come here a lot.
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology? Kind of? Isaac set up the internet stuff, but I installed all sorts of things.
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: A substitute for someone.

[epimethean]

So you two are at least semi-literate. I already asked Isaac, but if you want to know more, I can share some pointers.

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[tenaciousc]

Name: Michelle
Age: 26
Are you a frequent user of social networks? Yes
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology? General use, not so much hacking or programming
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: It's a thing to reroute your traffic through.

Wheatley, what are you doing. :|

[epimethean]

Nothing! Well, nothing dangerous. Nothing that's going to get anyone in trouble, if we do it right.

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[whiterabbit_dot_obj]

Name: BBJ
Age: 26
Are you a frequent user of social networks? If you define forums and JournalFen and social networks, then yes
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology? Yes, professional programmer w/ associates in computer programming, skilled VB.Net, C++, C# and casual skill in Java
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: Standard definition or anonymizer?

[epimethean]

Let's hear both, just for the heck of it.

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[mood2wiingiing]

beiing a teenager doesnt mean you dont know how two not be an iidiot, some of u2 just choose two act that way ok.

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[epimethean]

Most everything I have seen from the eighteen-and-under set around here indicates the aforementioned internet idiocy, sorry to say.

[pianistofraielin]

Name: Russel
Age: 17 but i promise i don't have attitude. my friends' parents all think i'm great!
Are you a frequent user of social networks? Yes
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology? Yes. i mean i'm not like a total techie or anything but i'm up to speed on user-end stuff
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: it's a way to hide your ip address and make you harder to track down

[epimethean]

Sort of, yeah. Good enough! How are you on following instruction?

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[hustru]

Name: Siiri. Not funny. [She's getting too many people making fun of her name because of the Siri app, okay. It gets old fast.]
Age: 27.
Are you a frequent user of social networks? Only to keep in touch.
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology? Better than my coworkers. [In other words, she is not an expert by any means, but the one that all kinds of computer trouble are usually delegated to.] Learn quickly, though.
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: Intermediate server. Often used to hide an identity. Users using a proxy are often refused by wi-fi networks locked to personalized users. [At least that's been a recurring issue at the university, with people using secondary systems on their computers, or otherwise need to go through a proxy for whatever reasons. ...Though she is not sure if that made sense, explanations in English are still hard when they are not about daily things.]

[epimethean]

Re: your name: wasn't going to say anything!

Where do you work?

[shouldertheburden]

Name: Kaworu
Age: Sixteen, but I wouldn't say I have "attitude", as far as etiquette goes!
Are you a frequent user of social networks? Not really but I am aware of them. Does this network count? IF so, definitely! :-D
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology? Not exceptionally so, but I learn what I need to get by and pick up on things quickly. ( ﾟ▽ﾟ)/
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: Using someone else to relay messages you don't want attached to your name? It seems exploitative to me, though.

[epimethean]

It's a little bit different in the computer world. I wouldn't call it 'exploitative' so much as 'sneaky' or 'protecting one's personal interests'.

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[dododo]

[ No idea what this is about but. Okay then. ]

Name: John
Age: 46
Are you a frequent user of social networks? No
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology? Yes, recently
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: A server that stands between your private network and an external one - AKA the internet - and prevents others from accessing information you don't want them to. A sort of filter. Most often used to mask your location.

[epimethean]

Perfect, love it. How do you feel about helping us invent some fake internet people?

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[earnedmystripes]

Name: Kotetsu
Age: 37
Are you a frequent user of social networks? No. Or well. i use skype to call my kid sometimes, if that counts
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology? no...
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: i have no fucking idea

[epimethean]

At this rate I should just give everyone a crash course in internet! Got anything else you can offer me?

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[eras]

Name: aria
Age: i dont usually give it out online but im sixteen
Are you a frequent user of social networks? not really? i have a facebook but its friends and family only
by which i mean people i have met irl :o
i like to play scrabble
or words with friends whatever they call it
i mostly stick to email and texting tbh
Do you consider yourself well-versed in technology? y im fine with it
Define 'proxy' in the context of not being an idiot on the internet: an inbetween thing to route your web stuff through
to put it simply

[epimethean]

How are you at following instructions? Very important instructions, that is. Instructions that, if not followed, might jeopardize an entire hypothetical project?