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Browser Tools Aim to Warn Surfers of Spyware, Spam

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the paying-someone-to-think-for-me dept.

Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "New Web tools aim to protect surfers by flagging sites that are associated with viruses, spam or other scourges, but they sometimes disagree over whether a site is safe. From the article: 'Scandoo's service sometimes misses the mark in its efforts to flag adult content. On a recent day, it gave a green rating to the web site for Maxim Magazine's U.K. division, even though it contains nudity. It gave a red rating to the magazine's U.S. site, which contains no nudity. After an inquiry from the Online Journal, [executive Dan] Nadir said Scandoo decided to change the rating, reclassifying the U.K. site as red by default. "It was clear that it was misclassified, so we classified it correctly," Mr. Nadir said. A spokesman for Maxim Online said the discrepancy showed Scandoo's technology is "clearly broken."'"

11 of 95 comments (clear)

  1. I use this great tool for this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's called my brain.

    1. Re:I use this great tool for this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      My secret weapon is my dong. All that pussy, I got no time for tha intarweb!

  2. Re:Where's the Firefox Extension for this? by dhasenan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Better yet, where's the one that automatically directs me to red-rated sites?

  3. Oh, not this again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    In Communist China, all web sites have Red flags...of one kind or another...

  4. * Warning! This site contains porn and spyware! * by sl4shd0rk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, that'll keep me off it.

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  5. the soviets... by PipeIsArt · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, websites flag you!

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  6. First time... by BkBen7 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The first time I read the title I read it as

    Bowser Aims to Warn Surfers of Spyware, Spam

    sinse when does the king koopa care about me?

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  7. Well, on the other hand by grasshoppa · · Score: 2, Funny

    Scuttle just inadvertently slashdotted maxim UK.

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  8. clickety clack by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Thats the sounds of the keyboards of thousands of U.S. Slashdotters hitting up Maxim UK. I KNOW you guys did it too....

  9. Gossip Folks by Joebert · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's just like hearing that girl you have your eye on has crabs, while you're spraying yourself with chemicals for no reason, the guy that told you that is bangin her.

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  10. Re:I am confused by Harker · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not only that, but...

    It might just turn your computers floppy drive, into a stiffy...

    H.

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