As I was putting the groceries into the trunk of my car today, a nice looking lady in her mid 40's approached me. She was well-dressed, at least by Florida standards and considering the temperature was in the low 90's. I thought she wanted some sort of assistance, when she started with "Sir, sorry … [Read more...]
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Scammers at the parking lot; scammers online
Filed Under: Social issues Tagged With: gas money, Scammers, stinky perfume
Sedo scammers take advantage of email predictability
It was in early 2000 when one of my few - back then - domains got hijacked by a Turkish hacker. He picked that particular domain because it's a very common Greek cussword, shared equally among our eastern neighbors. The domain was registered with Network Solutions, which offered back then an update … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Business, Domains, Social issues Tagged With: email predictability, Escrow, Iranian hacker, Scammers, Sedo
iPhone Girl mania hits the web
Unless you've been under a rock for the past week, you're aware by now of a well-meant but unfortunate incident that left some test pictures taken at a Chinese factory inside the iPhone that was being tested. Nothing even closely provocative as Paris Hilton's drunk pictures; the 3 images are those … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Domains, Social issues Tagged With: Apple spoof ad, iPhone Girl, viral marketing
Sedo.com scrambles to patch data breach but concerns still remain
Less than 24 hours after introducing a series of features that exposed seller data to anyone with the will to acquire it and basic scraper-scripting skills, Sedo.com changed the way the "Meet the seller" link functions. In a dry and short statement issued on DNForum, Sedo's Customer Relations … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Business, Domains, PPC Companies, Social issues Tagged With: data exposed, data mining, Domains, PPC, Privacy breach, scraping, Sedo auctions, Sedo.com
Sedo.com introduces trapdoors to the domain selling floor
Yesterday, I ate lasagna for dinner. I bought two history books from Barnes & Noble. I applied for a home loan. I played Counter-Strike for the first time after two months. I shaved off my goatee. These are random, daily functions that pertain to me, the person. They are isolated incidents of … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Business, Domains, PPC Companies, Social issues Tagged With: data exposed, data mining, Domains, PPC, Privacy breach, scraping, Sedo auctions, Sedo.com
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