February 2009
31 posts
StopBadware.org: Google glitch causes confusion →
‘This morning, an apparent glitch at Google caused nearly every…search listing to carry the “Warning! This site may harm your computer” message.”’
January 2009
31 posts
“The volume of gas per given unit of time that can be obtained from a well,...”
– definition of “deliverability” from Answers.com
Washington Post Security Fix: Obama Administration... →
“President Barack Obama’s administration has sketched out a broad new strategy to protect the nation’s most vital information networks from cyber attack and to boost investment and research on cyber security.”
Royal Pingdom: Internet 2008 in numbers →
“How many websites were added? How many emails were sent? How many blog posts were published? This post will answer those questions and many others with more interesting statistics than you can shake a stick at.”
(via circleid)
Can I Use A Purchased Email List? →
http://caniuseapurchasedemaillist.com/
(explanation)
Mike On Ads: Advertise less, make more money! →
“What a crazy idea — what if one were to actually make more money by not advertising. It makes total sense. We’re inundated with media. Our eyes have been trained to ignore those lovely 160×600 and 300×250 size objects that we see all over our web pages — especially on social networking sites where our users spend so much time.”
Mike links to a study from Yahoo! Research which...
“No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your...”
– Jascha Heifetz
Ars Technica: Man buys used iPod, gets 60 pages of... →
“…the gadget contained 60 pages of data on US military personnel, mission briefings, and equipment deployment.”
Salon.com: You don't have mail →
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“…now that they’ve moved into the West Wing, Obama’s aides are starting to feel as if they’ve stumbled into a time warp and are actually working for the Carter administration, technology-wise. The White House e-mail system was down for most of Monday, leaving the press office out of touch with the world except through an overloaded phone system...
Law.com: Lawyers Warned to Be Wary of Client... →
‘“I’m a capital ‘D’ Dumbass,” says Howell, who has practiced law for 23 years…. In October 2008, Howell became the victim of a sophisticated, international version of a classic check-fraud scam….
…Howell’s firm sued Citibank in state court in Houston, alleging the New York bank was negligent and engaged in negligent misrepresentation...
Macenstein: New Mac Trojan appears in pirated... →
“Uh oh… another week, another Mac Trojan horse discovered. This time around, it’s folks who are downloading cracked copies of Adobe Photoshop CS4 from BitTorrent sites that are in danger.”
Windsor Star: Leamington man loses $150,000 in... →
“John Rempel said he quit his truck driving job, lost friends, borrowed money and crossed the globe in pursuit of a non-existent inheritance, after he was contacted by e-mail in what is known as a Nigerian 419 scam.”
Consumerist: If You Use MyCorporation From Intuit,... →
signs point to yes.
All Spammed Up: Get Ready For Your Car To Spam... →
‘Toyota…has announced plans to roll out a system that will allow them to send [audio] messages to their cars. …the system can be used to send “targeted” messages based on the model of car and even the zip code it’s in.’
Al Iverson's Spam Resource: AT&T's 'American Idol'... →
Somebody at AT&T screwed up, and hasn’t realized it yet.
Word to the Wise: Opt-in is dead! Long live... →
“I spend a lot of time defining my terms and making sure that I am correctly conveying concepts, not just random words.”
CDT PolicyBeta: Deconstructing Reaction to Net... →
“No one denies that being online carries some risk for kids (and adults, too). But a strong conclusion of the Task Force is that education is a critical way to address the risk, and that there are not technological silver bullets that governments should mandate.”
CircleID: Phishers Using New Web-Based Technique... →
“Security researchers have identified a new phishing attack method designed to trick users into surrendering confidential information after they have logged on to an online banking, brokerage, or other sensitive website.”
Yes, after.
The Morning Call: Carbon judge rejects 'spam'... →
‘A federal judge has rejected an argument from a Carbon County [Pennsylvania] woman’s lawyer that a judge’s e-mail errantly went to the attorney’s office computer “spam” file, making him miss a deadline and resulting in dismissal of the [case].’
TechCrunch: Lycos Europe To Shutter Lycos Mail,... →
“We regret to inform you that our parent company has decided to discontinue all unprofitable activities.”
Ding dong, the final “huh, what’s that still doing here?” remnant of the first Internet boom is dead.
AP: Technology alone can't protect kids online →
“A task force charged with assessing technologies for protecting children from unwanted contact online has concluded that no single approach is foolproof and that parental oversight is vital.”
philosecurity: Interview with an Adware Author →
unsuprisingly, the only difference between adware and malware is what it does on the user’s computer.
BtoB Magazine: What are the biggest deliverability... →
“A common mistake marketers make is focusing on how to circumvent content filters. Instead, they should examine their marketing behaviors, policies and procedures, paying attention to their company’s reputation, list quality, content relevance and accreditation.”
BBC News: Hard drive destruction 'crucial' →
“Criminals source old computers from internet auction sites or in rubbish tips, to find users’ valuable details, and a number of recent cases have shown the dangers in disposing of second-hand equipment. …The most straightforward solution…is complete destruction…using a hammer.”
denise cox’s blog: Really bad unsubscribe... →
“I was astounded to find bad and/or complicated unsubscribe procedures are still the order of the day.”
“Astounded,” really? Have you not been paying attention?
Washington Post Security Fix: Watch Out for... →
“A slew of fake electronics sites, some of them apparently being promoted by major online search engines and comparison-shopping sites, have been swindling consumers out of cash and credit card numbers for several weeks.”
Wired: Weak Password Brings 'Happiness' to Twitter... →
A lack of the most basic password protections made Twitter easy to hack. Does your site lack these, too?
(via fergdawg)
flaminglacer's mutterings: The Marketer’s Mantra →
“We want to do the right things but how do we differentiate ourselves from [spammers and scammers] or, indeed, do we need to?”
John Levine: Who pays for e-mail? →
“An acquaintance wondered why the people who run the systems that receive mail get to make all the rules about what gets delivered. After all, he noted: The sender pays for bandwidth and agrees to abide by the bandwidth provider’s rules.”
David Risley: Don’t Be a Video Spammer - Here’s... →
David Risley reviews a few online video distribution services, and discusses why they don’t work with the popular video sites.
Consumerist: Giving The Phone Book Spammers What... →
“If I throw something on your lawn, it is called littering. If the phone company does it, it’s called marketing.”