Truth Vigilantes and Online Reputation

This was originally a comment to Robert Niles’ excellent piece on the Online Journalism Review, on whether or not the New York Times should be a “Truth Vigilante”. I’m republishing it here, because it looks like the commenting feature on OJR...

How the Online Trojan/Virus Hackers Make Money

This is a great flow chart, explaining how the Dark Side of the internet uses your unwary clicks to generate real money. (h/t ComputerSchool.org)It’s interesting to see the actual breakdown of how stealing your passwords and compromising your bank accounts can...

An Explanation of Trackback Spam (abbreviated)

This post is being used as a means to demonstrate what a legitimate trackback looks like, and how it should be used.  The site it’s pinging is Dave Mitchell’s "Sparsely, Sage…" blog about West Marin County – a freshly hatched...