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October 1st, 2012, 22:39
Yup, I got this too. The link is a legit video, apparently, some peeps swimming dangerously close to the edge of a very high waterfall (Angel Falls?).
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October 1st, 2012, 22:59
Originally Posted by GhanBuriGhanVictoria Falls, at least they say so.
Yup, I got this too. The link is a legit video, apparently, some peeps swimming dangerously close to the edge of a very high waterfall (Angel Falls?).
Watchdog
October 1st, 2012, 23:15
I wonder if this video was chosen randomly or with a message in mind ?
Kind of a warning before a hack or something ? (The people would be you; the fall or the water would be the forum, then …)
Kind of a warning before a hack or something ? (The people would be you; the fall or the water would be the forum, then …)
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“ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.“ (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)
“ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.“ (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)
TL;DR
October 1st, 2012, 23:17
If you logged into your gmail account, and you almost always are if you are surfing the net on your Android device, linking to YouTube to track people makes sense thanks to Google's new consolidated "privacy" policy.
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"Your hat is stupid!" -Ice King
Daywatch
October 1st, 2012, 23:59
Originally Posted by Lucky DayI am actually, after a very long time with free services and Google as well, thinking of getting an e-mail address that I pay monthly for. Maybe the monthly payment would kind of make the service provider think twice before they intentionally make their services worse for the client (I just need a working e-mail with a few terabytes of space for messages and a junk mail filter, should not be so #&%¤ difficult!).
If you logged into your gmail account, and you almost always are if you are surfing the net on your Android device, linking to YouTube to track people makes sense thanks to Google's new consolidated "privacy" policy.
OTOH, this might only be wishful thinking, and such nice mail providers would probably be bought by Google anyway, if they proved to be too succesful.
Watchdog
January 30th, 2013, 17:47
The comments to this article here http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for…13595644950482 contain a new example of a spam bot.
Edit : Original link : http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013…h-our-wallets/
Edit : Original link : http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013…h-our-wallets/
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“ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.“ (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)
“ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.“ (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)
Last edited by Alrik Fassbauer; January 31st, 2013 at 13:19.
TL;DR
January 30th, 2013, 18:00
Don't think we've gotten any of those yet, Alrik.
The big wave right now is putting up fake home pages. They set up a fake website (or sometimes a dummy account on a legit site that doesn't catch them) and list that forum user ID as their home page. The home page link appears legit, but if you click on it you find their "bio" is the spam. It's more time-consuming to police those since you've got to follow the link to see what's there, so most sites won't bother. Plus, they get a pageview just from mods checking them out, which makes their campaign appear more successful. Tricksy, they is, very tricksy.
The big wave right now is putting up fake home pages. They set up a fake website (or sometimes a dummy account on a legit site that doesn't catch them) and list that forum user ID as their home page. The home page link appears legit, but if you click on it you find their "bio" is the spam. It's more time-consuming to police those since you've got to follow the link to see what's there, so most sites won't bother. Plus, they get a pageview just from mods checking them out, which makes their campaign appear more successful. Tricksy, they is, very tricksy.
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Shoegazer
January 31st, 2013, 12:23
Yes, they become more complicated every now and then.
It sometimes reminds me of Real Life viruses : They develop techniques to get avoided by the human anti-virus system, so to say. The T-cells and such.
Over time both get into a race , with both developing more and more complicated means of warfare.
Sometimes, the viruses or even parasites win. And then, the body comes to live with them, because they are no more able to disable the "invader", only to heal the symptoms.
Examples of such rather successful viruses is the Malria, and perhaps even the Toxoplasmosis : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis
Especially this here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxopla…tric_disorders
And this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxopla…t_Developments
It is a gruesome thought to think that these parasites are perhaps even able to steer us humans !
I believe that a similar thing might happen with crime ( = RL viruses, computer viruses, spammers) and human society, too.
Maybe this race is already on, since humanoty arose.
It sometimes reminds me of Real Life viruses : They develop techniques to get avoided by the human anti-virus system, so to say. The T-cells and such.
Over time both get into a race , with both developing more and more complicated means of warfare.
Sometimes, the viruses or even parasites win. And then, the body comes to live with them, because they are no more able to disable the "invader", only to heal the symptoms.
Examples of such rather successful viruses is the Malria, and perhaps even the Toxoplasmosis : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis
Especially this here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxopla…tric_disorders
And this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxopla…t_Developments
It is a gruesome thought to think that these parasites are perhaps even able to steer us humans !
I believe that a similar thing might happen with crime ( = RL viruses, computer viruses, spammers) and human society, too.
Maybe this race is already on, since humanoty arose.
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“ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.“ (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)
“ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.“ (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)
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