Tech Lessons From the Bad Guys

Chris Lindquist writes "Organized crime, porn peddlers, gambling sites — they all use technology to make a killing. CIO.com has posted several stories that spell out how the seedy side uses IT for profit. From the online techniques of penny stock scammers to innovation lessons from a pair of 'accidental pornographers,' to what you can do to fend off cybercriminals, find out what they do right when they're doing wrong."

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On the issue of porn

[fatalGlory]

Since it came up, in response to Caspian:

Is it unfair to claim that viewing pornography, especially regularly, will fundamentally alter a bloke's perceptions of what is normal and what is decidedly warped to do to/with a woman? Or to put it on a more everyday level, is it unfair to claim that promoting pornography as fine and healthy encourages a lifestyle of self-gratification that over time will diminish the value the individual (and thus the society) places on true selfless love, not just in a romantic context but across all personal relationships?

I'm against pornography for more reasons than this, but this alone is enough that I would prefer a society where the porn industry never pushed technology and we all still used Pentium MMXs, but at least husband's still knew how to *really* love their wives.

Freedom of speech is one thing, but I should be free not to listen too. Porn is becoming damn near inescapable these days. In the words of Switchfoot: "sex is currency, she sells cars, she sells magazines... suburban youth, hail your so-called liberty".