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IE8 was just released today.  Check out the list of new features.

One feature that caught my eye:

InPrivate Browsing

Browse the web without saving your history with Internet Explorer 8’s InPrivate Browsing. Now you can shop for that special gift with confidence knowing your family won’t accidentally find out or use a shared computer without leaving a trace.

Did anybody else laugh out loud when they read the description of this new feature?

Come on, we aren’t that stupid.

Everybody knows what this feature is really for–And it ticks me off that Microsoft is pandering to that kind of destructive behavior.

By the way, those who use accountability software such as Covenant Eyes or X3Watch, don’t need to be concerned–These programs are alot deeper in the computer system, and as such, won’t be affected by this new IE mode.

Josh

Don’t you love the outrageous claims makers of security products proclaim?

Check out this one:  Firewall Script

“Firewall Script offers unparalleled protection against web based attacks for any website supporting PHP.
Never before has this level of protection been available without costly routers or hardware.”

Yes, because we all know that  routers, you know, the Layer 3 devices, block PHP, Layer 7, (Application Layer) attacks!

“100% protection guaranteed
When properly configured, FWS can block any attacks on your site, guaranteed.”

What is their great formula?  Enumerating Badness.

Check out what Marcus Ranum has to say about why Enumerating Badness is a dumb idea.

Ok, I’m done ranting and raving…

Josh

Please pass this on to all your friends. Sears needs to be recognized for this outstanding contribution and we need to show them as Americans, we do appreciate what they are doing for our military!!!

It’s verified ! By Snopes.comat:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/sears.as

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This SPAM email tells me that it’s verified by Snopes (It even gives a URL!), so I’m going to believe it and SPAM the rest of my address book!

Believe it or not, this is what happened to me recently.  If anyone even cared to click on the Snopes link (first checking to make sure that it acutally went to snopes.com and not some phishing site), you would see a big, fat, 404.

But, after doing a little digging around on snopes, I came to realize that it actually is on Snopes, but that they forgot the letter p on the .asp of the URL.  So the actually URL should be:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/sears.asp

I found it very interesting that people are starting to justify there spamming by invoking Snopes.com, as if it legitmizes their practice of spamming.

The moral of this post is two-fold:

1. If you are going to use Snopes.com to justify your SPAM,

please make sure you spell the URL correctly.

2. Please stop SPAMMING me, even if it IS verified by Snopes.

-Josh