Comments on: A Dirty Spam Trick http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/ Content Theft, Plagiarism, Copyright Infringement Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:59:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Always Check Embed Code, No Matter How Innocent-Sounding « Technobabbles http://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: ravm http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-127978 ravm Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:43:26 +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: Roundup » Miscellaneous and Useless Information http://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 Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-79858 Jonathan Bailey Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:32:07 +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 Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-133012 Jonathan Bailey Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:32:07 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/#comment-133012 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 Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-121896 Jonathan Bailey Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:32:07 +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.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: Forrest http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-79578 Forrest Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:57:10 +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: Forrest http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-132856 Forrest Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:57:10 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/#comment-132856 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: Forrest http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-121895 Forrest Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:57:10 +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.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: Sue http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-77368 Sue Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:00:01 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/01/07/a-dirty-spam-trick/#comment-77368 Yeah, it does that sometimes (hangs up). But when it works, it's great. I had it stuck at 11 ahead for two days. When I went there to recheck it, and although it said 7 ahead, it was done in seconds. Go figure. (?!?) Yeah, it does that sometimes (hangs up). But when it works, it’s great. I had it stuck at 11 ahead for two days. When I went there to recheck it, and although it said 7 ahead, it was done in seconds. Go figure. (?!?)

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