sexyalterego

Re:The Reddit sleuths who brought down a meme empire on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @10:36AM (#5978040)

Point taken. I've updated my profile to reflect my affiliation. As Austin pointed out, it's not our intention to spam—we only submit stories that could actually be of interest to the community. We'll make sure those stories are coming from a variety of sources in the future, and also contribute to discussions.

Oakland mayoral campaign turns to Crowdtilt for support

Posted by sexyalterego on Thursday June 20, 2013 @01:49PM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/politics/bryan-parker-crowdtilt-tilt-oakland-forward/

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This could be how PRISM actually works

Posted by sexyalterego on Friday June 07, 2013 @07:35PM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/news/how-prism-works-fisa-courts-nsa/

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Buying likes and rigging votes in Facebook's seedy underworld

Posted by sexyalterego on Thursday June 06, 2013 @12:39PM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/business/facebook-buy-votes-rig-contests-likes/

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Syria takes down Syrian Electronic Army's website

Posted by sexyalterego on Friday May 31, 2013 @11:50AM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/news/syrian-government-electronic-army-website-down/

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Are these Pakistani men behind Facebook's teen spam empire?

Posted by sexyalterego on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @11:58AM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/business/teen-swag-spam-owners-identity-revealed/

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Notes from a prison visit with Weev

Posted by sexyalterego on Monday May 20, 2013 @12:27PM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/news/notes-from-prison-weev-hacker/

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CAPTCHA, RECAPTCHA: Identifying chokepoints and turning them to opportunities

Posted by sexyalterego on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @11:55AM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/stories-new-frontier-sullivan-thompson-plateau-eff/

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Weev placed in solitary confinement for tweeting from prison

Posted by sexyalterego on Friday May 10, 2013 @06:50PM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/news/andrew-weev-aurenheimer-solitary-prison-tweets/

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Deter Cyber Theft Act picks up where CISPA left off

Posted by sexyalterego on Thursday May 09, 2013 @05:12PM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/politics/deter-cyber-theft-act-cispa-hackers-trade-secrets/

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The complete guide to buying online popularity

Posted by sexyalterego on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @01:07PM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/business/how-to-buy-youtube-facebook-twitter-pinterest/

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Is it time to start taking the Syrian Electronic Army seriously?

Posted by sexyalterego on Thursday May 02, 2013 @12:30PM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/society/syrian-electronic-army-twitter-hack-interview/

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Gaming site hijacks players' computers to mine Bitcoin

Posted by sexyalterego on Wednesday May 01, 2013 @01:46PM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/esea-bitcoin-mining-competitive-gaming-malware/

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Triggering the Copyright Alert System is tough, even if you're trying

Posted by sexyalterego on Monday April 29, 2013 @10:27AM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/society/triggering-copyright-alert-system-study-verizon/

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The greatest movie that never was

Posted by sexyalterego on Sunday April 28, 2013 @02:53PM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/wikipedia-hoax-yuri-gadyukin-nitrate-movie/

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Despite privacy concerns, CISPA passes in the House

Posted by sexyalterego on Thursday April 18, 2013 @01:19PM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/politics/cispa-passes-house-privacy-concerns-cybersecurity/

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Re:You Can't Stop Universal From Removing Your YouTube Videos on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @10:32AM (#5525345)

This story was syndicated from the Daily Dot. Original link here: http://www.dailydot.com/news/youtube-universal-music-video-t...

Re:New Anti-Piracy System to Hit U.S. Internet Users on Monday on Monday February 25, 2013 @09:57AM (#5279204)

This was originally a Daily Dot story. Mashable just syndicated it. http://www.dailydot.com/news/copyright-alerts-system-launch-...

Copyright Alert System to launch Monday

Posted by sexyalterego on Friday February 22, 2013 @05:43PM
from the yro.slashdot.org dept.

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/02/22/2032225/copyright-alert-system-to-launch-monday

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This engineer saved Facebook

Posted by sexyalterego on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @07:45PM
from the businessinsider.com dept.

http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-engineer-who-saved-facebook-2013-1

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Study identifies the top 15 keywords used by email fraudsters

Posted by sexyalterego on Monday January 07, 2013 @01:05PM
from the computerweekly.com dept.

http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240175638/Ernst-Young-email-keyword-analysis-identifies-ID-fraudsters

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I bought myself 60,000 views on YouTube for Christmas

Posted by sexyalterego on Thursday January 03, 2013 @03:22PM
from the pigeonsandplanes.com dept.

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2013/01/i-bought-myself-60000-views-on-youtube-for-christmas-one-experience-with-fake-youtube-views/

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Tech's hot new market: The poor

Posted by sexyalterego on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @08:42PM
from the wired.com dept.

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/01/techs-hot-new-market-the-poor/all/

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YouTube strips Universal and Sony of 2 billion fake views

Posted by sexyalterego on Friday December 21, 2012 @05:56PM
from the dailydot.com dept.

http://www.dailydot.com/news/youtube-universal-sony-fake-views-black-hat/

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