Tag: Spam
I traced one of the spam bots.
There was a spam-bot that kept hitting my posts with spam. There's actually several but I use akismet so I don't ever see most of them. I realized I actually knew how to find it so I went looking. Followed the IP geo-info and traced it to an electric-car charger in France. Now, I'm not...
Spam på den sociala webben
För några veckor sen skrev många människor på Mastodon att mängden spam ökat. Jag hade då inte kunnat se nåt sånt i någon statistik.
Who Is Behind My Blocked Spam Domains? An RDAP-Based Statistical Analysis
After blocking more than a thousand spam domains in my mail filter over the past months, it is time to take a closer look at who is actually behind them.
Boops: the story so far...
A small feature with a surprisingly complicated launch.
Splog Prevention
Why I ended up taking ownership of the domain where my late-2000s newspaper lived—and why you might want to consider doing the same.
Everything Becomes Growth Hacking
If your platform is being exploited by growth hackers, you need to moderate it, or you threaten its long-term health, reputation, and survival. It’s not easy—because growth hacking always finds a way.
The House Always Wins
The drama around G/O Media, including the mess with Deadspin I wrote about last week, points to the ways that the individual suffers at the hand of corporate greed.
Spammy Saturday
A fediverse spam crisis highlights an inherent flaw in the decentralized social networking model: Some people are bad at updating and maintaining their apps.
Know Who’s Calling?
Over the past 35 years, our views on privacy and Caller ID technology have totally flipped. The concern used to be about the caller. Now, it’s the recipient.
The Chinese Robocall Blues
Like spam messages, robocalls aim for the broadest possible audience in an effort to get someone, anyone, with its scam. And both are annoying as heck, too.
No Thanks, Spammers
How search engine marketers are ruining what’s left of the open web through too aggressive automation. No, I won’t add your link to my old piece.
Referertrick, Referrer-Spam
Ich betreue eine Reihe von Kunden-Websites. Betreuen auch im Sinne von: Regelmäßig kontrollieren, dass die Site nicht gehackt oder zugespamt wird. Nun taucht bei vielen seit einigen Wochen in den…
Ein einfacher Spamschutz für Kontaktformulare
Bruno aus der Schweiz schrieb mir, dass er seit einiger Zeit von einer massiven Kontaktformular-Spamwelle heimgesucht wird. Deshalb wollte er gern wissen, wie der Spamschutz in meinem Kontaktformular…
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Faxen Es gibt keine andere Technologie die ich so wenig leiden kann wie Telefax. In vier von fünf Fällen wird ein ausgehendes Fax erst nach dem zweiten oder dritten Verbindungsversuch verschickt, und…
Spam, Spam, Spam…
Akismet has caught 11,049 spam for you since you first installed it. Alterle, mehr als 1000 Spam-Comments in ner Woche, ich glaube ich sollte mich auch mal mit Richard in Verbindung setzen... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxtsa-OvQLA