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Sedo.com scrambles to patch data breach but concerns still remain

August 27, 2008 by 1 Comment

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...]

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Sedo.com introduces trapdoors to the domain selling floor

August 26, 2008 by 10 Comments

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...]

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Gender-bending on the Internet: The Ballad of Stephanie & Bobby

March 6, 2008 by 13 Comments

Stephanie was in distress. The loss of her parents in an fiery car accident left her an orphan at a young age. She was raised by her paternal grandfather, whose chronic ailments brought on many bills she was struggling to assist with. At the young age of 20, she had already become a mother and a … [Read more...]

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Protecting your virtual assets

March 1, 2008 by 5 Comments

Remember that high school kid that used to break into everyone's lockers to steal your stuff? Guess what, he's now an adult and he still steals - only this time, it's your virtual assets he's after: your domains, your emails, access to your bank and credit card accounts. This kid simply changed … [Read more...]

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Domains and Divorce: Until Registrars do us part

February 9, 2008 by 5 Comments

Forget about wedding oaths: they exist in order to be broken. People are not computers that obey to strict code commands, without ever changing their behavior, opinions and preferences. People get married and quite often, they get divorced. A lot of married people are domain owners, or a lot of … [Read more...]

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