Bit.ly Fantasizes of Combating Twitter Scams

Copyright © 2009 What The Hell? Security If you believe that Bit.ly is going to solve their shortened URL problem the way they intend to, have I got a story for you. [Sidebar:  Be aware that it's completely safe to click on the links in the previous paragraph.  If you don't believe me, select View [...]

Blocking Dirty Bits Not As Good As Identifying Good Bits

Copyright © 2009 What The Hell? Security John Pescatore makes a point about warning vs. blocking bad links.  But here’s the thing about links:  We’re thinking about them all wrong. Now, of course there are bad links.  They end up on blacklists.  Let’s pretend they’re more than marginally useful.  (If you have issue with that [...]

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