I was just purging spam comments Akismet captured last night and found one that made me want to cry. It was an advertisement to meet pre-teen Russian girls. I felt like I’d been punched in the stomach. I thought to myself, “Of all the blogs in the world to hit with this crap, they had to put it on mine.” Well, like I said at first, it didn’t actually make it to my site, but it’s the principle of the issue. That’s my job as a missionary; that’s why I exist, to rescue children from this vicious trap. Why would they even think to advertise that here? When I saw it in the lineup, I actually felt queasy. It was utterly sickening.
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January 12th, 2007 · Permalink · Back to Top · Comments (2) · Tagged: Articles, Missions, Security, Spam
Perhaps I should enable all the footers my sundry anti-spam plugins can display. I just opened my dashboard and noticed a message from Akismet that I had received a new spam message. I actually get amused reading these, because these guys actually think their comment stands a significant chance at making it to my blog.
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September 19th, 2006 · Permalink · Back to Top · Comments (4) · Tagged: Blog, Security, Spam, Webmastery, WordPress
I was modifying my login form today when I noticed something quite strange. I’ve always been wary of dishing out my email address, having been the recipient of quite enough spam. And whenever I find some way to further obfuscate said email address, I jump on the opportunity. That’s why I installed the contact form; I didn’t want spambots harvesting my address and sending me letters about c1al3s. I’m 26; I don’t need the stuff.
As much as I like my current email address, it will probably have to be chunked, eventually. It’s so nifty, but I’m getting too much spam at that address. And that’s the curious thing; I never put my address out there for harvesters to read, I never use it in places where it might be read, I never even use it to send mail to folks I don’t trust not to send me unwanted petitions and cute pictures and such. Yet somehow it’s getting leaked.
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September 16th, 2006 · Permalink · Back to Top · Comments (0) · Tagged: Security, Spam, Webmastery, WordPress
Spammers are some of the lowest life forms on Earth, right there with mosquitoes and leeches. They suck the life out of everything they touch, not caring about the people they hurt in the process. Their whole focus is their bottom line, and when they latch onto a new host, they quote the Godfather mantra, “It’s not personal; it’s business.”
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June 21st, 2006 · Permalink · Back to Top · Comments (0) · Tagged: Security, Spam, Webmastery
Burn this feed.
