Sunday, April 11, 2010

The Hijacked Post (in which Tim learns the value of clearing passwords out of his roommate's browser)

Dear blogger/Tim-

I have to drive some prospective debate students to Pasco in a few minutes, so I'll make this quick.

The internet is a dangerous, dangerous place. Yes, there are a precious few genius sites that enlighten the world like synapses in the minds of Descartes, Kant - even Spinoza. The majority of the internet is a slum where kittens are the preferred street drug, violence is perpetuated through "fail" videos, and sex is sold cheap.

Yes, this is our modern-day wild west.

Take, for example, this site, unvarnished.com, that allows co-workers to post negative reviews about you without your control. The site wreaks of dickishness. Their address isn't even unvarnished.com, but rather "getunvarnished.com" – a move that prompted the actual owner of their false domain name to post an apology due to the preponderance of misdirected traffic.

I must be off, but Tim's password will live on in my MacBook browser. I'm logging out so he/you can't clear it while I'm in Pasco.

- ZORRO

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