Broken controllers, Meedo, filmhill, pregolom, broadwaypink, et. al.

THE CONTENT ON THIS BLOG IS PERSONAL PROPERTY AND NO OTHER SITE HAS MY PERMISSION TO PUT YOUR SITE BEFORE LINKS TO THIS BLOG. I AM TIRED OF FINDING THAT MY WORK HAS BEEN AGGREGATED TO PORN SITES AND OTHER SITES THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH MY MISSION.

It figures that stuff like this goes on, the internet cybercommunity possesses great freedom and no responsibility. The wild west had nothing on the scope and scale of predatory behavior to be found on the world wide web. Thank goodness at this point these elusive villains are not simply gunning down the denizens of the net. In the old west, criminals murdered settlers and "jumped their claim" or simply stole anything that could be moved. In cyberspace, criminals do not even need to murder anyone to rob you blind.

Someday there may be regulation and standards on the net, but until that day it has to be word of mouth. Those of us who actually give a damn have to warn others and educate people to protect themselves. I know very little, all I can say is to question everything. There are many con men out there who can lie to your face and make off with your stuff. There are exponentially more con men on the net who can reach potentially millions of marks with a few clicks. Definitely a matter of combining brains, skills with technology, and utterly remorseless pathology.

I stumbled across this post warning about broken controllers. Ugh. There is evil, then there is the anonymous evil. I am not even sure what their scam is, or how to limit their ability to harm others. That really has to be someone else's mission.