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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Common Internet Cheats in Internet


Common internet scams are designed to take your money. The easiest way for scammers to do this is by offering you something that is usually too good to be true. The worst internet scams are the ones that we should have been smarter about but were not.


There are millions of people who have paid for information that is readily available on the internet for free, or paid for services that were not necessary.


Internet scams are everywhere, on the internet, on your favorite website, as well as in your inbox. The majority will be flashy and very eye catching and some so annoying they are almost impossible to avoid looking at.


You will be smart to stay away from any ad that is claiming to make you rich. The desire to own your own business, or sleep all day while the internet makes you money is strong in some people that is why internet scams are so successful.


If you pay to a site that claims they will make you rich, you most likely will be paying for information that tells you nothing. You may be given links to public auctions or even private auctions that will have items being sold dirt cheap, but that information is already available to you if you know where to look.


The only ones that are getting rich are the ones who are offering the internet scams to you. They scoop up the money and send you a link or useless information that they got off the internet (imagine that) and they think of more ways to get your money.


To best deal with internet scams you have to use your common sense. There is no way to avoid running across them but you can avoid letting them get your hard earned cash. Just remember when you read the words “Make 00 A Day” that this is only possible if ten people pay 0 to the one who is offering the scam each day.



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Saturday, February 15, 2014

Automated analysis of test results is going to catch cheats in Software


To say the cheats never prosper is to elevate hope over experience. Modern technology, in the form of cameras, smart phones and the Internet, means stealing in sharing answers has never been easier. Indeed, the problem has got so bad that on March 1 the Japanese government asked universities to ban mobile phones from the rooms are used to conduct their entrance exams. More students the only cheats. Teachers, whose salaries often depend on the success of the charges, and not above dropping the odds think about what is the right answer before during a test or even correcting test papers after the event. And invigilators who police the actual exam are not always immune to bribery either. At the same time, technology can detect cheats more easily than before.


Software developed by exam setting firms like pro Electric of Baltimore, Maryland and Utah detect cheats by calculating the probability of particular patterns and answers being honest. A correct answer is a correct answer of course, but unless the candidate answers all questions correctly the pattern of right or wrong answers can point to collaboration. You too can expand the answers are similar or identical warning flags go up. If more than two, dishonest behaviour is a racing certainty. In tests where the candidate is allowed to change his mind about events, the pattern changes also provides information. Several candidates making the same change is suspicious. So is a case where all changes are from right in to write.


Sudden improvements in scores by an individual candidate compared with previous attempts also raise an electronic eyebrow. Crossing international border to take a test is also suspicious and doubly so of involvement in one place generally reckoned clean to one generally reckoned corrupt.


Some companies administer the test online and invigilators sit at the headquarters in a remote location watching testtakers around the world through web cams and never meeting in person. The opportunities for envelopes stuffed with banknotes to change hands of us minimised. Rogue computers a lockdown security software (unauthorised windows from being open. Invigilators while disqualified testtakers whose eyes of hands wander in suspicious ways. The software also alerts if typical questions are being answered suspiciously quickly worked to testtakers answers match too closely to comfort.


Nor is the scrutiny stop when the test is over. When patrol software that hunts day night for illicitly reveal test information is one protection against dishonest behaviour and there is also a program that has an additional security measure which inserts a unique question in some individual exam purposes. If that question later appears online, that indicates a week. Some companies now to take so much cheating every week it investigates about 5000 test centres around the world. Of those, around five week have to be shut down permanently. Numerous administrators and invigilators and even those places that survive investigation are fired for lax security for accepting bribes and undisclosed numbers of testtakers are charged with cheating. It is a far cry from the days finances scribbled in viral on the palms sweaty hand was all that stood between the candidate’s success and failure.



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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Safe Surfing Tool Web of Trust Sued over Community Warnings

Ten Internet companies based in Florida have filed a lawsuit against WOT Services, the provider of safe surfing tool Web of Trust. The companies are requesting WOT to remove ratings and comments related to them and have accused WOT of defamation, violating rights, conspiracy and manipulating algorithms. WOT believes the case is baseless and has suggested dismissing the case in the court of justice in Florida.


Ten Internet companies based in Florida have filed a lawsuit against WOT Services, the provider of safe surfing tool Web of Trust. The companies are requesting WOT to remove ratings and comments related to them and have accused WOT of defamation, violating rights, conspiracy and manipulating algorithms. WOT believes the case is baseless and has suggested dismissing the case in the court of justice in Florida.


According to court documents, the companies bringing up the case are Career Network, also known as Three Stars Media, Three Stars, Internetcompany, Internet-Company of Central Florida, Medialogic, Power Applications, MonkeyJar and Buzzgrub; headed by Mr. Ayman Difrawi, also known as Alec Difrawi, Michael Difrawi, Alec Defrawy, Michael Jensen, David Mellon, Alan Madison, David Katz, Alec Simon, Alexander Simon.


As well as bringing suit against the founders and CEO of WOT, WOT community members “John and Jane Does 1-100” are named in the document for alleged malicious, willful and intentional defamation. WOT hosts a site forum, which allows members to post comments and discuss website ratings, security and online safety. The WOT forum was used to discuss reports that Difrawi’s websites are “phishing” scams, whereby the websites attempt to acquire sensitive personal information by pretending to be a trustworthy entity. Difrawi’s lawsuit contends that all defamatory postings are based on these forum comments and wants WOT to remove all postings related to Career Network and collect damages.


If the case goes to court, WOT’s advocacy will be based on the Communications Decency Act (article CDA 230), legislated in 1996 for similar cases. The article protects Internet service providers from liabilities related to content created by third parties.


“These are important issues we’re dealing with,” states Vesa Perälä, the CEO of WOT. “The Communications Decency Act was created to protect freedom of speech, cultural, religious and political diversity, and trade on the web. The Internet has become one of the central battlefields of the liberty of speech and there are a lot of disagreements about what can and cannot be said or done online. Now and in the future we will rely on freedom of speech, transparency and objectivity when offering our users a channel to express their views freely, thus making the web safer for all.”


Using WOT, millions of web users from around the world rate websites according to their experiences, also exposing suspected rogue websites. WOT users have pinned down more than five million untrustworthy websites.


“Our users have rated more than 31 million websites. It is understandable that we encounter unhappy site owners whose websites have poor reputations. We know this man in question and his reputation quite well. We are not the first company he has brought to court,” says Vesa Perälä.


The WOT community consists of millions of web users that detect and report alleged scam sites effectively and quickly. WOT reputation ratings are updated every 30 minutes, thus spreading the word and shortening the life cycle of scam sites significantly. Consequently, those owning websites meant to cheat people have to invest more money for new domains, sites and services.


“WOT brings transparency to the web and makes it more difficult for scam sites to operate. Usually the motivation behind these law cases is fear of losing income. However, it’s better for the scammers to lose money instead of our users being scammed,” says Vesa Perälä.


About WOT Services Ltd.


Web of Trust (WOT) is a community-powered surfing tool that boosts trust on the Internet, by using authentic user experiences to help web users find reliable websites. By means of a free WOT add-on tool installed in the browser, Internet users can discern the quality of websites that they are about to access in terms of trustworthiness, vendor reliability, privacy protection and suitability for children. With traffic-light style icons, WOT shows the website’s reputation based on user evaluations and information from trustworthy sources. WOT works with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Opera. The service has 18 million users around the world who have rated more than 31 million websites.


Reference


UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

ORLANDO DIVISION

Case No. 6:10-cv-01826-GAP-KRS


More information


http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ascamfraudale

http://threestarswatch.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/friendsofalec

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Alec_Difrawi

http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20090409021428/http://wikileaks.org/leak/ayman-difrawi.html


Contact

WOT Services Ltd.

Vesa Perälä

Chief Executive Officer

E-mail: vesa(at)mywot(dot)com


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Posted On: Helsinki, Finland (Vocus/PRWEB) February 24, 2011



Safe Surfing Tool Web of Trust Sued over Community Warnings

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Sabai Technology VPN Routers Provide Expats With A Real Connection During Holidays

In recent years, personal VPN providers have become increasingly popular. Sabai Technology allow users to have a personal VPN to safely access American internet while living or traveling abroad.


Sabai Technology, the leading provider of consumer VPN Routers, recently announced a holiday promotion to help consumers connect with their loved ones living abroad. The company will be discounting some of their most popular VPN Router products in the week leading up to Christmas. “The holidays are such an important time to connect with loved ones. We want to be a meaningful part of making that happen. Our product makes connecting online while living abroad easier by unlocking restricted content and providing an American internet experience, even from abroad,” says William Haynes, Sabai Technology Founder and CEO.


Many users are familiar with VPN in a business setting. Companies provide VPN, or Virtual Private Networks, so that employees can access files, printers, and other office resources remotely and securely. In recent years, personal VPN providers have become increasingly popular. These providers allow users to have a personal VPN to safely access American internet while living or traveling abroad.


VPN Routers allow individuals to cloak their physical location—the user’s actual IP address is replaced by a VPN providers—allowing them to bypass censored content. So, you may live in Tehran but appear virtually in Texas, enabling you to access content not normally available in that country. You to watch a YouTube video or stream that favorite holiday movie via Netflix, Hulu, etc. on a Smart TV or Xbox.


Sabai has a wide range of VPN Routers for any price point. If you crave power, want to stream HD, or have a large home you are in luck. The Asus RT-N66U featuring Sabai OS is currently available at a discounted price. The N66U or “Dark Knight” is one of the most powerful consumer grade VPN Routers on the market. “The N66U Router is our most popular VPN Router because of its incredible specs. This is a router has great range and throughput for power users” states Haynes.


Medium to small sized networks will delight in knowing that the Netgear WNR3500L WiFi VPN Router will be included in the company’s holiday sales campaign as well. This router features fast downloads and gaming, ultra-fast wired connections and excellent wireless speed for OpenVPN or PPTP throughput. Despite any network need, Sabai Technology has a product to suit most all consumer price-points.


To show their commitment to providing impeccable customer service, Sabai Technology is also featuring their white-glove support package, Sabai Freedom, in the sale to ensure customers not only get a great product but the continued support needed throughout the year. Customers enjoy Sabai Freedom for the peace of mind that the Sabai level of service provides.


More and more users are discovering that a VPN service in your home can provide excellent security and privacy for much of your online activity. Sabai Technology VPN Routers are proven to be compatible with over a dozen of the worlds leading VPN providers and their Sabai Freedom Package – which provides live, one-on-one American technical support – sets them apart from other VPN Router providers.


In addition to low sales prices, the company will offer FedEx 2Day shipping for only .99 on all orders placed during the sales period beginning December 17th. For more information on Sabai Technology VPN Routers, visit SabaiTechnology.com or blog.SabaiTechnology.com.




Posted On: Simpsonville, SC December 17, 2013





Sabai Technology VPN Routers Provide Expats With A Real Connection During Holidays