So what eventually is going to happen is all these researchers, scientists, and engineers are going to take their practices out of the US, where they can legally do whatever the hell they wanted without another company beating the proverbial dead horse. All the US is doing is killing the opportunity for revenue to be made within the US, and instead making foreign business look all the more appealing.
From looking at the article, it looks as if she never even planned to pursue any legal action against these supposed "File-Sharers", nor take the time to prove if they even -were-. Looks like a brutal tactic of scare-mongering and fraud to me.
The real problem here is identifying the problems before they even start, which is in essence, pretty impossible to do with our current technology, and could even violate some legitimate rights.
As far as I'm concerned, currently, it's pretty easy to spot a scam/bot-net spam as it is. Usually they'll come out with the e-mails/spam stating...
"You have xxx time to reply!"
", this is your final notice!"
", get your prescription Xanax at discounted cost!"
"You have $800,000 in cash to claim! Click HERE!"
The other way to spot these spam messages as a scam is to look at the wording. Generally, a scammer/bot-spam will make spelling mistakes, make websites that are similar but EXACT to legitimate ones, and ask you for your social-security number or bank account information. You should NEVER EVER click, or reply to these e-mails.
What scares me is when these bot-nets are designed to draw user-specific information from the person/s they are being sent to. Lets say you have a bank account as bank. If a bot-net were ever able to actually find this information, then pose a scam or e-mail closely mimic something that ACTUALLY applies to you as a person, and has relevancy to your current everyday life... then that might be something to be feared.
I guess the major points of this would be to just protect yourself from these scams/botnet:
1. Use you're common sense. If you have no idea what it's about, then it's likely not legit.
2. Look for spelling errors in e-mails and messages. Legitimate cooperations usually hire literate people these does, and spell check is a COMMONLY used tool.
3. Don't be an idiot... Get Spyware, Firewall, and Antivirus protection. If you don't know how, consult some IT Specialists... or the plethora of geeks that surf Slashdot.
Cheers.
In my IT department, we usually document a great deal of information. The things we are documenting are results from our data processing, and endless running of queries and VBA/SQL statements.
What we -aren't- documenting is the process in which these procedures are carried out, and all for one main reason. It makes our jobs more valuable, and therefore, us more valuable to the employer.
I never understood why creditors, or even government law enforcement, wouldn't set up dummy accounts and slap them onto a watch list. All they would have to do is discreetly release their "dummy" credit information, and let the morons come to them. It's a win-win situation.
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So what eventually is going to happen is all these researchers, scientists, and engineers are going to take their practices out of the US, where they can legally do whatever the hell they wanted without another company beating the proverbial dead horse. All the US is doing is killing the opportunity for revenue to be made within the US, and instead making foreign business look all the more appealing.
From looking at the article, it looks as if she never even planned to pursue any legal action against these supposed "File-Sharers", nor take the time to prove if they even -were-. Looks like a brutal tactic of scare-mongering and fraud to me.
If they are trying to be macho, that's probably not the only thing they are "inflating".
The real problem here is identifying the problems before they even start, which is in essence, pretty impossible to do with our current technology, and could even violate some legitimate rights. As far as I'm concerned, currently, it's pretty easy to spot a scam/bot-net spam as it is. Usually they'll come out with the e-mails/spam stating... "You have xxx time to reply!" ", this is your final notice!" ", get your prescription Xanax at discounted cost!" "You have $800,000 in cash to claim! Click HERE!" The other way to spot these spam messages as a scam is to look at the wording. Generally, a scammer/bot-spam will make spelling mistakes, make websites that are similar but EXACT to legitimate ones, and ask you for your social-security number or bank account information. You should NEVER EVER click, or reply to these e-mails. What scares me is when these bot-nets are designed to draw user-specific information from the person/s they are being sent to. Lets say you have a bank account as bank. If a bot-net were ever able to actually find this information, then pose a scam or e-mail closely mimic something that ACTUALLY applies to you as a person, and has relevancy to your current everyday life... then that might be something to be feared. I guess the major points of this would be to just protect yourself from these scams/botnet: 1. Use you're common sense. If you have no idea what it's about, then it's likely not legit. 2. Look for spelling errors in e-mails and messages. Legitimate cooperations usually hire literate people these does, and spell check is a COMMONLY used tool. 3. Don't be an idiot... Get Spyware, Firewall, and Antivirus protection. If you don't know how, consult some IT Specialists... or the plethora of geeks that surf Slashdot. Cheers.
In my IT department, we usually document a great deal of information. The things we are documenting are results from our data processing, and endless running of queries and VBA/SQL statements. What we -aren't- documenting is the process in which these procedures are carried out, and all for one main reason. It makes our jobs more valuable, and therefore, us more valuable to the employer.
I never understood why creditors, or even government law enforcement, wouldn't set up dummy accounts and slap them onto a watch list. All they would have to do is discreetly release their "dummy" credit information, and let the morons come to them. It's a win-win situation.