Comments on: A Dirty Spam Trick http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/ Content Theft, Plagiarism, Copyright Infringement Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:12:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Always Check Embed Code, No Matter How Innocent-Sounding « Technobabbleshttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-128795 Always Check Embed Code, No Matter How Innocent-Sounding « Technobabbles Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:44:53 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/#comment-128795 [...] tip to Jonathan Bailey at Plagiarism Today for pointing this out; I thought I’d help spread the word. Filed under: danger, internet Leave a comment [...] [...] tip to Jonathan Bailey at Plagiarism Today for pointing this out; I thought I’d help spread the word. Filed under: danger, internet Leave a comment [...]

]]> By: ravmhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-129189 ravm Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:43:26 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/#comment-129189 Wow, good thing you caught that in time. It's amazing what lengths people will go to, and preying on unsuspecting newbs, I'm sure it's worked a couple times. Wow, good thing you caught that in time. It's amazing what lengths people will go to, and preying on unsuspecting newbs, I'm sure it's worked a couple times.

]]> By: ravmhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-127978 ravm Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:43:26 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/#comment-127978 Wow, good thing you caught that in time. It's amazing what lengths people will go to, and preying on unsuspecting newbs, I'm sure it's worked a couple times. Wow, good thing you caught that in time. It's amazing what lengths people will go to, and preying on unsuspecting newbs, I'm sure it's worked a couple times.

]]> By: ravmhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-127011 ravm Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:43:26 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/#comment-127011 Wow, good thing you caught that in time. It's amazing what lengths people will go to, and preying on unsuspecting newbs, I'm sure it's worked a couple times. Wow, good thing you caught that in time. It's amazing what lengths people will go to, and preying on unsuspecting newbs, I'm sure it's worked a couple times.

]]> By: Roundup » Miscellaneous and Useless Informationhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-91233 Roundup » Miscellaneous and Useless Information Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:27:50 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/#comment-91233 [...] what they are measuring, and Jonathan Bailey in his blog Plagiarism Today has pointed out a sleazy ad technique they [...] [...] what they are measuring, and Jonathan Bailey in his blog Plagiarism Today has pointed out a sleazy ad technique they [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Baileyhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-79858 Jonathan Bailey Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:32:07 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/#comment-79858 Forrest: I doubt there is any major security issue with just giving a site your URL. The reason is you give out your URL every time you post an entry to the pinging services. Also, a URL wouldn't contain information about the backend of your site. That would have to be scanned for through other means and it would be faster to get that information via other methods than waiting for people to try a silly test.I don't trust these guys as far as I can throw them, but I think their evil nature is more focused on spamming and link building rather than hacking. Hackers have scanning tools to find flaws and don't need to use a survey or test.I wouldn't worry too much about that, though it is an interesting question. Forrest: I doubt there is any major security issue with just giving a site your URL. The reason is you give out your URL every time you post an entry to the pinging services. Also, a URL wouldn’t contain information about the backend of your site. That would have to be scanned for through other means and it would be faster to get that information via other methods than waiting for people to try a silly test.

I don’t trust these guys as far as I can throw them, but I think their evil nature is more focused on spamming and link building rather than hacking. Hackers have scanning tools to find flaws and don’t need to use a survey or test.

I wouldn’t worry too much about that, though it is an interesting question.

]]> By: Jonathan Baileyhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-121896 Jonathan Bailey Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:32:07 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/#comment-121896 Forrest: I doubt there is any major security issue with just giving a site your URL. The reason is you give out your URL every time you post an entry to the pinging services. Also, a URL wouldn't contain information about the backend of your site. That would have to be scanned for through other means and it would be faster to get that information via other methods than waiting for people to try a silly test.<br><br>I don't trust these guys as far as I can throw them, but I think their evil nature is more focused on spamming and link building rather than hacking. Hackers have scanning tools to find flaws and don't need to use a survey or test. <br><br>I wouldn't worry too much about that, though it is an interesting question. Forrest: I doubt there is any major security issue with just giving a site your URL. The reason is you give out your URL every time you post an entry to the pinging services. Also, a URL wouldn’t contain information about the backend of your site. That would have to be scanned for through other means and it would be faster to get that information via other methods than waiting for people to try a silly test.

I don’t trust these guys as far as I can throw them, but I think their evil nature is more focused on spamming and link building rather than hacking. Hackers have scanning tools to find flaws and don’t need to use a survey or test.

I wouldn’t worry too much about that, though it is an interesting question.

]]> By: Forresthttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-79578 Forrest Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:57:10 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/#comment-79578 I'm curious what my reading level might be ... certainly not enough to embed spammy links into my blog, though. I wonder if this gives more exposure to scrapers, hackers who would try to find editable files or weak passwords, or anything else, by entering your URL into the form...? No particular reason to, except that these peoples' trustworthiness has already been demonstrated.Many of these online questionnaires will try to get you to link to their site, or to have you disclose your email address ... but this is beyond the pale. I’m curious what my reading level might be … certainly not enough to embed spammy links into my blog, though. I wonder if this gives more exposure to scrapers, hackers who would try to find editable files or weak passwords, or anything else, by entering your URL into the form…? No particular reason to, except that these peoples’ trustworthiness has already been demonstrated.

Many of these online questionnaires will try to get you to link to their site, or to have you disclose your email address … but this is beyond the pale.

]]> By: Forresthttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-121895 Forrest Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:57:10 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/#comment-121895 I'm curious what my reading level might be ... certainly not enough to embed spammy links into my blog, though. I wonder if this gives more exposure to scrapers, hackers who would try to find editable files or weak passwords, or anything else, by entering your URL into the form...? No particular reason to, except that these peoples' trustworthiness has already been demonstrated.<br><br>Many of these online questionnaires will try to get you to link to their site, or to have you disclose your email address ... but this is beyond the pale. I’m curious what my reading level might be … certainly not enough to embed spammy links into my blog, though. I wonder if this gives more exposure to scrapers, hackers who would try to find editable files or weak passwords, or anything else, by entering your URL into the form…? No particular reason to, except that these peoples’ trustworthiness has already been demonstrated.

Many of these online questionnaires will try to get you to link to their site, or to have you disclose your email address … but this is beyond the pale.

]]> By: JBhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-77452 JB Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:49:44 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/#comment-77452 Sue: Still not working for me, still hung up at seven. Something like this is usually because the service isn't very fault tolerant. I'll wager it has something to do with incorrectly formatted feeds or something to the like.Still, I am curious... Sue: Still not working for me, still hung up at seven. Something like this is usually because the service isn’t very fault tolerant. I’ll wager it has something to do with incorrectly formatted feeds or something to the like.

Still, I am curious…

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