Exploiting the Adult Industry
August 22nd, 2007 by Sarah KingThis is a big topic in Auckland right now as our City Council Elections are hijacked by a supposed candidate promoting his porn empire. It’s hard to separate the “no harm done” side of the industry from the exploitive and damaging side and to understand, in the long run, where to draw the line.
Aside from the obvious industry fronts of websites, movies, magazines and gadgets there are the rogues that exploit the demand for the product. I guess anytime you have something popular there are going to be people who trick and connive.
Take Captcha – it’s a great way to bot proof your website and unless Read the rest of this entry »
A fool and his money are easily parted: e-gold and PayPal scams abound!
June 29th, 2007 by Sarah KingPeople who do business online frequently have their earnings held by pseudo-banks such as PayPal and e-gold. A problem then arises when the same people need their money out of these pseudo-banks or transferred between them.
The most common way to do it appears to be to find someone who is happy to trade. So A puts money into B’s PayPal account and B puts money into A’s e-gold account. Read the rest of this entry »
NBO – National Business Online
March 30th, 2005 by Sarah KingThe folks at National Business Online (NBO) have just rubbed me up the wrong way – completely!
They rang my husband 4 times this morning insisting that he urgently renew his advertising contract with them. He was busy and got annoyed by the 4 calls and caught my attention. Read the rest of this entry »
