Longer, harder DMs satisfy no one
Posted by Doug Lacombe
Credit: funnytimes.com
This week Twitter suffered a maelstrom of spam, porn and phishing attacks. As Pete Cashmore, founder of @mashable, wrote in his CNN column: “The anatomy of these attacks is simple: You receive a message, seemingly from a friend on a social network. The message contains a link and some strong incentive to click it — in the case of the most recent Twitter attack, the note simply asks “This You????.” When you click the link, you’re prompted to log in again to view the page. Except that entering your details here will not log you in to Twitter. Instead, it will send your password to the attackers, permitting them access to your account. Shortly after, your friends receive the same message, which will look like it was sent out by you.”
I was more than a little curious why my friends seemed insistent I needed Viagra.
Continued at TheStarPhoenix.com
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Feb 27, 2010
Yes I got some pretty hilarious DMs this week. I have a delightfully immature streak and I’ve had many a laugh from Viagra spam. The terms they use – like “giant meatstick” – are just too silly! That spam *almost* has “value” to me in the sense that it gives me a laugh.