Top 10 Internet Crimes of '06 102
An anonymous reader notes that "The Bad Guys blog at USNews.com offers a look at the top ten Internet crimes of 2006. The federal study cited draws on over 200,000 complaints to US law enforcement and regulatory agencies. Top crime: auction fraud, followed by other online rip-offs. "
... and the number 1 "Internet Crime" (Score:5, Funny)
*rimshot*
Re:Incredible, though not surprising. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Incredible, though not surprising. (Score:5, Funny)
Bullshit! (Score:5, Funny)
1. Windows Vista
2. Microsoft Office
3. RIAA lawsuits
4. Slashdot "editors" [slashdot.org]
5. Web sites with blinkey flashey ads and two paragraphs per page for a grand total of fifteen blinkey flashey pages I could read in less than two minutes except I have to wait for all the bullshit to load before I can read the next pair of paragraphs. There is a damned good reason they got rid of the <blink> tag, you know!
6. DMCA. The law itself is a crime
7. Bono Act (AKA "Steamboat Willie Preservation Act"). Again, the law itself is the crime.
8. Jack Thompson
9. Sony's rootkit
10. Cowboy Neal
Re:I'm still waiting for that . . . (Score:5, Funny)
It's an intelligence test. I'm sure the result will show up shortly.
Re:Public enemy number two (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I'm still waiting for that . . . (Score:5, Funny)
Re:... and the number 0 "Internet Crime" (Score:2, Funny)
*rimjob*
Re:Nigerian scam letters (Score:5, Funny)
Where's Myspace? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:... and the number 1 "Internet Crime" (Score:1, Funny)
I dunno, I perpetrated a pretty heinous Internet crime the other day, but you need this [pcworld.com] to detect it.