Google has created algorithms that look for spam in websites that have been hacked. Here’s why you need to take spam and hacking seriously.
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Publicising people’s personal email addresses without their permission is a clear breach of UK Data Protection Law. Be wary of third party CRM tools.
Continue reading Beware of tools that break data protection laws
The point of choosing and saving a password on any site is part of the user experience. Don’t leave this functionality to your developer, who often thinks of security first, user experience second.
Continue reading Making the case for user-friendly passwords
In January 2014, ICANN introduced new rules for domain registrars that means all domain owners now must periodically validate their emails to prove they are the rightful owners of domains.
Now, if I ever feel the urge to buy game credits, products through a Facebook-hosted shop or anything that requires me to use real money I will resist the urge. I don’t trust it and I never will.
Continue reading Why I’ll never buy anything via Facebook again
If your website or your brand is designed by a freelancer or an agency, the copyright is automatically owned by the creator, not you the client.
A day after the anti-SOPA/PIP internet blackout, hacking group Anonymous has launched an attack on companies and government bodies that support the Stop Anti Piracy Act and Protect IP bill.
Posting a series of updates on its Twitter account (@YourAnonNews), the group taunted the Justice Department, Universal Music, the Recording Industry Association of America and Motion Picture Association of America as all their websites crashed. Continue reading Anonymous launches attack on SOPA/PIP supporters
All companies should have a policy to say not only what websites staff can use for work, but also what tools on those websites are off limits.
Continue reading Social networks – a legal minefield for data protection
The domain name industry is about to see another gold rush, with domain registrars making a fortune out of brand owners’ fear of being associated with porn. I am pulling no punches in my criticism of this legal tomfoolery.
I am talking about the .XXX top level domain (TLD) launch, which is designed to make adult websites more easy to spot. The idea is simple, if you run a porn site, instead of being sluttyboredhousewives.com, you need to become sluttyboredhousewives.xxx. You pay somewhere between £129 and £199 to register your .XXX domain, then in future the lowly internet user will be able to tell the difference between a porn site and a non porn site. Continue reading Do you give a XXX about your brand?
One of the most annoying and time-consuming things about running a forum online is the constant appearance of comment spam. You can put some tools in place to prevent auto spammers, but you still get a steady stream of humans who will jump through the registration hoops in order to post their spam, just to get their links into the Google index. Continue reading Using IP blocks to prevent forum spam
The security of your website is a key factor in the protection of your business assets, but many companies do not close all the backdoors. While it is common for the webserver to have a firewall and the website code to contain blocks for hackers, are you protecting yourself from the internal dangers? Continue reading Is your website open to an inside job?
