Privacy & Security

Coolest Guy on the Planet Claims Blog Comment Spam Works!

September 16, 2005

Or so the many endorsement e-mails are trying to convince me… Yes, they all seem to support the blog comment spam software I talked about a few days ago.
One of the “selling points”…
on the sales page & endorsement e-mails is a search for a particular keyword phrase on Yahoo.com that returns a site still “Under [...]

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Protecting Yourself From Online Stalkers

May 20, 2005

As much as I enjoy ‘meeting’ new people via the Internet, I’ve had my share of ‘strange & uncomfortable’ encounters. Colleagues resorting to serious verbal abuse, minor harassments, and creepy ‘secret admirers.’
Without getting into too much detail… I’ve crossed paths with yet another piece of work.
It all began when this individual began having an ‘affair’ [...]

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Spam & Virus Proofing MS Office Outlook

May 2, 2005

With Outlook being a flamin’ red target for viruses… and the horror stories I’ve heard of all the grief it has caused, I’ve never ever considered using this e-mail program. Are you nuts?! I cry over burnt brownies… how would I ever recover from a virus attack?
But curiosity finally got the best of [...]

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