Apr 16
A couple years ago, Google kicked off an experiment that included house numbers from Google Street View in reCAPTCHAS, the means by which websites reduce spam. Today on the Google … Continue reading
Feb 05
The presence you command on the internet can usually be summed up in a few numbers, the number of followers you have on Twitter, number of likes your business’s page has on Facebook and the number of views your videos have on YouTube, there are just a few examples of how numbers shape the opinion of a stranger on the internet that comes across any one of your many online profiles. Its no secret that there’s a huge market that lets people artificially inflate the numbers in order to make other people think that they’re popular online, you can easily buy followers, YouTube views, Facebook fans and even traffic for your website. Google has been working for quite some time to stop, and now the company has detailed its plans to crackdown against what it says are “fraudulent views” on YouTube videos.
Google Cracks Down On YouTube ‘Fraudulent Views’ original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Jan 20
Google’s so removed two Chrome browser extensions over the weekend, because the software appears to serve spam ads—in turn violating company’s terms of service.
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Jan 19
The battle with ads, and their cousin spam, is a never ending one. While a well-placed ad or two can generate legitimate interest, not to mention revenue, for some, there … Continue reading
Jan 17
Target’s heart may be in the right place, but its latest blunder in the holiday hacking fiasco
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Jan 16
Ever have that nightmare where your refrigerator comes alive and attacks you? Probably not, but in the era of smart fridges, this is actually a thing that can happen—that is, if we’re talking about cyberattacks.
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Jan 13
Following security warnings and the eventual massive leaking of Snapchat usernames and numbers, the disappearing-messages service has been experiencing a glut of spam, something users have been reporting in great … Continue reading
Jan 08
Whether you willingly signed up in the naive hope that maybe this one would prove useful, or your email address just magically appeared on the list, chances are your email inbox is plagued by an onslaught of undesirable newsletters on the daily. So it takes a lot to make it into the most-hated list.
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Dec 30
I remember subscribing to an email list a few months ago because the site was hosting a giveaway. Normally, I don’t mind a few emails a month, especially if they’re promoting something that I’m interested in. However, one email a day isn’t cool, and that just encourages people to unsubscribe, if you ask me.
That’s what I tried to do and failed at horribly because even after submitting a request to unsubscribe, I still received the emails on a daily basis!
What eventually worked for me was RemoveMe. It’s a free browser extension that adds an “Unsubscribe” button beside email subjects right in your inbox. All you have to do is click and be done with it. It’s compatible with Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Hotmail, so if you use another service, then you might have to wait a while before it’s available on the platform that you’re using.
RemoveMe is part of a suite of tools called PowerInbox, which adds a few other handy features to your email box, such as security icons for verified senders, and the ability to preview content without opening emails. You can check out and install RemoveMe for free here.
[via C|NET]
Dec 29
People attribute a lot of annoying internet stuff to bots. Twitterbot followers, bots that sneak past spam filters, bots that send weird gibberish on messaging services. It sounds kind of tired, but maybe the situation is exactly as bad as everyone thinks.
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