When scams meet data mining

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Gosh, thanks to Facebook, the scammers can now tailor an ad that's targeted right at me!



The only way they could have made this more compelling is if they'd said "We need 43-year-old single white gay men living in Silicon Valley who are incredibly gullible."



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Absence of Blame

The new album from Sara Hickman

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Things I’m working on

MouseAddict

My friends Jann, Mike and I have created an app for iPad, iPhone and iPod: an interactive Disneyland map.

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DC Shorts 2010

The seventh annual DC Shorts Film Festival will take place September 9-16 in Washington, DC. Learn more about the Fest at dcshorts.com.

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