It is about time that internet users start to wise up and see that AOL's proapritary (sp) system is for old people sending email to their grandkids. I still am floored that people use AOL browsers. This is good news for the internet sine most of my AOL user friends are the ones who send me the emails for the free Mrs Fields Cookie Recipe or that Bill Gates will give me $1.00 for every email I forward.
They prey on the stupid......
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As long as there are people stupid enough to fall for this kind of stuff, there will be people phishing.
My friends ask me "Bank of so and so emailed me, but I dont' have an account there".
The only thing you can do is educate your circle of friends and family.
Look at how many ignorant people are out there. There are many friends and family that I scold when they send me stuff like the Mrs. Fields cookie recipe crap or send this email and Bill Gates will donate money to something. Whenever I get these I send back a link CCing all and direct them to snopes or truth or fiction (.com)and make them look like an idiot.
The internet is a powerful thing and you have too many ignorant people using it.....which means people will get preyed upon.
Educate one group at a time.......that is all anyone can do.
that is good enough for me. I don't let my kids play anything without looking at the rating.
Why take the companies to task? They are the ones that came up with the rating system and are still crying over violence or content?
Just like a tv. If you don't like it change the channel or turn it off.
They are just giving themselves more exposure....and at the same time, the same video games they are criticizing.
If anyone would even know the site existed without Google linking to them.
Sure there are other engines out there, but Google is the one everyone looks at.
At least they are getting free publicity out of this whole thing now.
Maybe I will file a lawsuit.
Steve, you might want to know what the competitor offers before you say it isn't a threat.
You may be talking about market share today, but tomorrow you will be playing catch up (eg: search engine).
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It is about time that internet users start to wise up and see that AOL's proapritary (sp) system is for old people sending email to their grandkids.
I still am floored that people use AOL browsers.
This is good news for the internet sine most of my AOL user friends are the ones who send me the emails for the free Mrs Fields Cookie Recipe or that Bill Gates will give me $1.00 for every email I forward.
As long as there are people stupid enough to fall for this kind of stuff, there will be people phishing. My friends ask me "Bank of so and so emailed me, but I dont' have an account there". The only thing you can do is educate your circle of friends and family. Look at how many ignorant people are out there. There are many friends and family that I scold when they send me stuff like the Mrs. Fields cookie recipe crap or send this email and Bill Gates will donate money to something. Whenever I get these I send back a link CCing all and direct them to snopes or truth or fiction (.com)and make them look like an idiot. The internet is a powerful thing and you have too many ignorant people using it.....which means people will get preyed upon. Educate one group at a time.......that is all anyone can do.
that is good enough for me. I don't let my kids play anything without looking at the rating. Why take the companies to task? They are the ones that came up with the rating system and are still crying over violence or content? Just like a tv. If you don't like it change the channel or turn it off. They are just giving themselves more exposure....and at the same time, the same video games they are criticizing.
If anyone would even know the site existed without Google linking to them. Sure there are other engines out there, but Google is the one everyone looks at. At least they are getting free publicity out of this whole thing now. Maybe I will file a lawsuit.
Steve, you might want to know what the competitor offers before you say it isn't a threat. You may be talking about market share today, but tomorrow you will be playing catch up (eg: search engine).