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Download a toolbar : It could be spyware (such as Zango) or something more legitimate, such as Webfetti or Zwinkys. Give up their email address : Youâve won a âfreeâ camera or perhaps youâve been selected as a tester for a new Macbook Pro (which you get to keep at the end of the test). ...
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The Carnage From Digital Predators Is Foul Indeed
AdPulp —
... Edward O'Meara sounded off in Parker's comments and linked to this devestating, but deliciously insightful guest post on TechCrunch from Dennis Yu, a former spammer.
Yu's article is well worth your time. He discusses the "perfect storm" that arrived when spammers began to dynamically insert user data into ads on Facebook, disguising the ads to seem like part of an application, or game. He also tells how college kids with programming skills can make $10,000/day tricking people into giving up their email address, phone numbers, even credit card numbers via these sleight of ...
Friday Recap - Fine Fall Edition
Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog —
... , says the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Younger Internet users, those connecting with mobile devices, and social network participants make up the three main groups driving the growth. Over at Facebook, I'm willing to bet there's been a good amount of head scratching and brainstorming going on following one spammer's creepy confession . Dennis Yu walked TechCrunch readers through his process of gaming the Facebook ad system and flooding it with scammy, misleading, and highly profitable content. Yu's dealings make up but a small part of the aptly dubbed ...
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