This past holiday season showed that spending in brick and mortar stores was significantly off targeted projects. People just weren’t spending as much money in the malls and department stores. However every single study of consumer spending did show that …
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- This is the reason why I'm against websites and portals that don't have any means of verifying their users are at least 12 or 13 years old. Take for instance Facebook. According to the company's official policy, no one should be allowed to register and use Facebook if they are below 13 years old. You can see the details here: https://www.facebook.com/help/parents However, I have tons of friends and co-workers who let their children below 13 years old use Facebook. Most don't have their parents' permissions. Aside from crowd-sourcing data or reports from other users, Facebook does not have any means of verifying their users' age. This is also one of Myspace's downfall. The said social media website became a haven of child molesters. January 27, 2012
- Well, I haven't yet experienced being phished or hijacked on all my personal and corporate email accounts. Maybe because I'm too careful about my email addresses. I don't share them publicly - especially on social media and online communities. If it's really necessary to divulge my email address, I put my so-called "alternative" email account. This account is somewhat anonymous - it does not tell my name and it's from Gmail. I only give this email address when someone I don't personally know will ask for one. You can also use this in forums and discussion groups. January 27, 2012
- I would not consider QR codes as spam or a spam threat for that matter. It's a very useful and practical application that has a tendency to be exploited by spammers, scammers, hackers, phishers and malware makers. About the Twitter incident, I think some of its users are not aware of the dangerous effect of publicly sharing their email addresses. And this is not only confined to Twitter. Some of my friends in Facebook freely post their email accounts on walls and discussion groups - others even put their email address and phone numbers on their profile. January 27, 2012
- The battle against computer viruses, phishing attacks, spam, and all types of Internet-based malwares should be continued by Microsoft for the corporation alone has the manpower and resources to stop them. However, I'm a bit dissatisfied on why they did not include the original respondents of the case - Dominique Alexander Piatti and the dotFREE Group SRO. They should also be indicted and convicted because they have some sort of participation - even if it's just minor involvement. January 26, 2012
- As for (1) the main issue is that of website design companies exposing their clients' addresses to harvesting. For some reason they just don't seem to care about the consequences. Maybe because it isn't themselves who have to suffer the spam. January 24, 2012
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This is the reason why I'm against websites and portals that don't have any means of verifying their users are at least 12 or 13 years old. Take for instance Facebook. According to the company's official policy, no one should be allowed to register and use Facebook if they are below 13 years old. You can see the details here: https://www.facebook.com/help/parents However, I have tons of friends and co-workers who let their children below 13 years old use Facebook. Most don't have their parents' permissions. Aside from crowd-sourcing data or reports from other users, Facebook does not have any means of verifying their users' age. This is also one of Myspace's downfall. The said social media website became a haven of child molesters.
Well, I haven't yet experienced being phished or hijacked on all my personal and corporate email accounts. Maybe because I'm too careful about my email addresses. I don't share them publicly - especially on social media and online communities. If it's really necessary to divulge my email address, I put my so-called "alternative" email account. This account is somewhat anonymous - it does not tell my name and it's from Gmail. I only give this email address when someone I don't personally know will ask for one. You can also use this in forums and discussion groups.
I would not consider QR codes as spam or a spam threat for that matter. It's a very useful and practical application that has a tendency to be exploited by spammers, scammers, hackers, phishers and malware makers. About the Twitter incident, I think some of its users are not aware of the dangerous effect of publicly sharing their email addresses. And this is not only confined to Twitter. Some of my friends in Facebook freely post their email accounts on walls and discussion groups - others even put their email address and phone numbers on their profile.
The battle against computer viruses, phishing attacks, spam, and all types of Internet-based malwares should be continued by Microsoft for the corporation alone has the manpower and resources to stop them. However, I'm a bit dissatisfied on why they did not include the original respondents of the case - Dominique Alexander Piatti and the dotFREE Group SRO. They should also be indicted and convicted because they have some sort of participation - even if it's just minor involvement.