Posted on 06/14/2010 1:30:30 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Visitors to porn sites are at serious risk of being exploited by cyber criminals, a study has suggested.
It found that many sites harboured malware or used "shady" practices to squeeze money out of their visitors.
By creating their own porn sites researchers found that many consumers were vulnerable to known bugs and loopholes.
Competition among porn sites makes the online adult industry ripe for abuse by hi-tech criminals.
"They have almost inadvertently created a whole ecosystem that's easy to abuse for cyber crime on a large scale,...."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Interesting revenue source. So, if you're short, you just announce your social security number on the radio?
And I do love your dog.
Free porn sites. No mention of what you pay later in terms of being swindled, addicted, and degraded.
This is a study wasting more tax dollars because no one called Obviousman.
This is why I despise bloggers like iloveamerica1980 and will not click on their crappy blogs.
I'd disagree with that. While there are OS/application exploits that Macs in general have less problems than a PC, many of these issues depend on social engineering ("install this app for free XXX!") which targets the far weaker vulnerability of the nut behind the keyboard.
"The Ransom of Red Chief" ... a 1910 short story by O. Henry. It follows two men who attempt to kidnap and ransom a wealthy Alabaman's son; eventually, the men are driven to distraction by the boy and end up having to pay the boy's father to take him back. - Wekipedia
I think Wally of the Dilbert strip would be envious that a group of researchers/programmers got someone to pay them to create and publish porn web sites.
All in the name of "research", of course.
As a matter of fact, it was. Along with, "Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen" and "Gift of the Magi," they are my favorite O. Henry stories :-)
It’s called self control!
DETRACTOR!!!
lol
Yes, I have self control unlike a total embarrassment to the entire Internet like you.
You are nothing but a mosquito to be swatted, boy.
Grow the hell up, be productive and put your blog pimping ways behind you.
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