Facebook has been relatively clever with how it has allowed usage of the new usernames feature. According to their blog:Your Facebook Page must meet two requirements: it must have been live on Facebook prior to the May 31, 2009 cut-off date and have had a minimum 1,000 fans...
Oooh, sounds great. not only are spammers spamming Twitter, but they want to assimilate you, with come-ons like "get paid to follow people on Twitter!" Thanks, but no thanks. In fact, these auto-follow bots (Autofollowbots? Decepticons!) are responsible for degrading...
PORNOGRAPHY and PHARMACUETICAL SPAM EPIDEMIC HITTING THE INTERNET. USERS ARE BEING LURED WITH PORNO AND ADVERTISEMENT FOR PHARMACUETICALS, THEN IF THEY HIT THE USER PROFILE ON THE FORUMS, AN EXE PROGRAM IS...
created by Art_By_Alida | 17 wks ago | updated 14 wks ago 1083 views | 71 recommendations | 22 comments
See, this is cool: 3D Captcha. I hate doing math and squinting at those squiggly letters, but, thanks to my being a human and not a robot, can tell the difference between a picture of a camel and a picture of a fork. Therein lies the genius of 3D Captcha. (Captcha= Completely...
created by jordan | 14 wks ago 80 views | 24 recommendations | 1 comment
A judge in California on Monday ordered convicted spammer Sanford 'Spamford' Wallace to stay away from Facebook. Wallace is accused of flooding Facebook users with unsolicited messages, which appear to...
A report on BBC News Online confirms that all email sent to or from a UK ISP will be stored for 12 months. The body of the message will be discarded, but the sender's details along with the destination will be recorded by the state.
created by LoopZilla | 25 wks ago | updated 25 wks ago 66 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Ad Age has assembled an insightful and humorous list of things that keep afloat during bad times. Their list includes some surprises. "More layoffs and fewer bonuses lead to greater stress. And more stress...
created by mtippett | 28 wks ago | updated 28 wks ago 602 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
November 24th can turn into an online shopper’s “black Monday,” as researchers forecast that it might become the worst day of the year for malicious software attacks. This peak in computer attacks is...
created by yuls.source | 32 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago 236 views | 15 recommendations | 4 comments
ISPs have pulled the plug on a hosting firm responsible for running spam-producing botnets.This week saw global spam levels drop significantly after two major US internet providers pulled the plug on spurious...
created by lovemorgul | 33 wks ago | updated 33 wks ago 39 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Spam, that blue and yellow can of "something posing as meat," is making a fashionable return to the American grocery market. This original 1937 concoction of meat, said...
created by dahliainfinite | 33 wks ago | updated 33 wks ago 217 views | 7 recommendations | 0 comments
from your friends over at theysuck.org"Web Host of Groups That Traffic Spam Kicked Offline By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer | Thursday, November 13, 2008; Page D01 The volume of junk e-mail sent...
created by pattydawn | 33 wks ago | updated 33 wks ago 227 views | 4 recommendations | 3 comments
Gadsden, AL - Just moments ago (Friday Evening) I received the unsolicited email below.
As I have never been a Hillary supporter this single email to me may indicate alledgedly disgruntled Hillary supporters...
created by StandUpToRacism | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 274 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
A friend of Jace's just emailed us asking desperately for help with her son, who has AS and is exclaiming the desire to kill himself and wishing that everyone in the world was dead (due to social abuse, it seems,...
opinion by dysamoria | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 532 views | 12 recommendations | 5 comments
This is how not to develop a Facebook application:1. Add no new functionality to the tool on which your app is based;2. Include no interaction tools;3. Generate targeted ads to the user's friends;4. Repeat.While...
created by jordan | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 221 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment