Comments on: Human Rights and Biophysics (strange similarities) http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/ Security Research, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge Fri, 16 May 2008 07:10:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: JC Greene http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-22858 JC Greene Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:50:42 +0000 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-22858 He's at it again. My site - fiction, and much of it bogus - got the link-spam letter from the stamped-out-of-the ground EOFHR ("European Organisation of Family Health Research"). This time, the google fodder below the fluffy toplevel site seems to be a WebMD Drug A-Z clone. This guy has a great future in astroturf. He’s at it again. My site - fiction, and much of it bogus - got the link-spam letter from the stamped-out-of-the ground EOFHR (”European Organisation of Family Health Research”).

This time, the google fodder below the fluffy toplevel site seems to be a WebMD Drug A-Z clone.

This guy has a great future in astroturf.

]]> By: Jonas Maebe http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-16052 Jonas Maebe Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:18:45 +0000 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-16052 FYI, Nichifor Valentin's latest intiative: The European Intellectual Property Association, at <em>www dot eipaweb dot org</em>. FAQ on the front page copied from the <a href="http://www.intellectual-property.gov.uk/faq/index.htm" rel="nofollow">UK government</a>. Mail: <blockquote> Hello, I came across your site while searching the net for some quality websites. I think you did a great job with your site. My name is Daniel. I work for The European Intellectual Property Association (EIPAWEB). I would like to add your site to our usefull links page ( http://www.eipaweb.org/links.php ) and I was wondering if you can post a link with our site in your website. For your convenience I send you bellow the code for our website: <a href="http://www.eipaweb.org/" rel="nofollow"> European Database Patents</a> If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me and I'll answer your questions promtly. We are Nonprofit organization . Best regards, Daniel European Intellectual Property Association eipaweb.org HPM G5 ETH Honggeberg CH-8093 Zurich / Switzerland Tel: +41-1-638-3453 Fax: +41-1-693-10 73 and 693 11 51 </blockquote> Yes, Daniel's everywhere! FYI, Nichifor Valentin’s latest intiative: The European Intellectual Property Association, at www dot eipaweb dot org. FAQ on the front page copied from the UK government.

Mail:

Hello,

I came across your site while searching the net for some quality
websites. I think you did a great job with your site.

My name is Daniel. I work for The European Intellectual Property Association (EIPAWEB).

I would like to add your site to our usefull links page ( http://www.eipaweb.org/links.php )
and I was wondering if you can post a link with our site in your website.

For your convenience I send you bellow the code for our website:
European Database Patents

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me and I’ll answer your
questions promtly.

We are Nonprofit organization .
Best regards,
Daniel
European Intellectual Property Association
eipaweb.org
HPM G5
ETH Honggeberg
CH-8093 Zurich / Switzerland
Tel: +41-1-638-3453
Fax: +41-1-693-10 73 and 693 11 51

Yes, Daniel’s everywhere!

]]> By: Richard Clayton http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-13432 Richard Clayton Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:12:27 +0000 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-13432 First off, this is just a blog. Writing without a sense of fun (or perhaps passion) is, IMHO, a waste of the readers' time. That aside, a kinder person would need a couple of spare days to work through the entire list of people who have somewhat uncritically added links to their sites; to deal with the inevitable email bounces; and to explain the issues over and over again in words of one syllable. Someone is trying to get another of the handful of sites I listed (which were just the ones whose names I thought people would know from the first page or so of Google results) -- and they are currently on their third email (they've been cc'ing me) without the penny yet dropping :( Cleaning up link farms is a task for someone with a lot more <a href="http://www.passco.com/tuit.htm" rel="nofollow">tuits</a> than I have! First off, this is just a blog. Writing without a sense of fun (or perhaps passion) is, IMHO, a waste of the readers’ time.

That aside, a kinder person would need a couple of spare days to work through the entire list of people who have somewhat uncritically added links to their sites; to deal with the inevitable email bounces; and to explain the issues over and over again in words of one syllable.

Someone is trying to get another of the handful of sites I listed (which were just the ones whose names I thought people would know from the first page or so of Google results) — and they are currently on their third email (they’ve been cc’ing me) without the penny yet dropping :(

Cleaning up link farms is a task for someone with a lot more tuits than I have!

]]> By: marina http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-13431 marina Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:43:50 +0000 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-13431 er, that would be "hall-of-shamers". English spelling is still a killer. er, that would be “hall-of-shamers”. English spelling is still a killer.

]]> By: marina http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-13430 marina Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:39:57 +0000 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-13430 <i>So, just for fun, here’s a small excerpt from the Hall of Shame,</i> Well, Mr.Clayton, I'm glad we provided some entertainment for you. Although I 'm grateful that you did the research that helped me remove a bogus site from my links page, I do not appreciate your attitude. A (how shall I say it? ) <i>kinder</i> person would contact us, "hole-of-shamers", and warn us about it. You, however, chose to make fun of us, publicly, confessing that it's fun. This seems, well... unseemly. Enjoy your sense of superiority. Marina So, just for fun, here’s a small excerpt from the Hall of Shame,

Well, Mr.Clayton, I’m glad we provided some entertainment for you.

Although I ‘m grateful that you did the research that helped me remove a bogus site from my links page, I do not appreciate your attitude. A (how shall I say it? ) kinder person would contact us, “hole-of-shamers”, and warn us about it. You, however, chose to make fun of us, publicly, confessing that it’s fun. This seems, well… unseemly.

Enjoy your sense of superiority.

Marina

]]> By: Dan http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-13038 Dan Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:01:41 +0000 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-13038 Hehe. Yeah, I've had a couple of emails from them, but didn't bother to go beyond looking at their page, and filing them under 'kooks and crooks'. Thanks for putting them in the 'crooks' box! Hehe. Yeah, I’ve had a couple of emails from them, but didn’t bother to go beyond looking at their page, and filing them under ‘kooks and crooks’. Thanks for putting them in the ‘crooks’ box!

]]> By: Gary Hinson http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-12968 Gary Hinson Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:51:00 +0000 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-12968 ... the amount of work put in ... ?? All they need to do is find, cut and paste content from legitimate sites (such as the mission statement) and make a few changes to suit their purposes. Web publishing is easy - even I can do it (!) - and cheap. And yes they do make money from it. I've just <a href="http://www.noticebored.com/blog/2007/01/charity-phishing-lure.html" rel="nofollow">blogged </a> about a phishing scam using a fake begging letter that appears to come from (what I believe to be) a genuine charity. Not satisfied with spoofing PayPal and banks, the identity thieves have fallen to new depths. Have they no morals? [/Dumb] Gary. … the amount of work put in … ??

All they need to do is find, cut and paste content from legitimate sites (such as the mission statement) and make a few changes to suit their purposes. Web publishing is easy - even I can do it (!) - and cheap.

And yes they do make money from it. I’ve just blogged about a phishing scam using a fake begging letter that appears to come from (what I believe to be) a genuine charity. Not satisfied with spoofing PayPal and banks, the identity thieves have fallen to new depths. Have they no morals? [/Dumb]

Gary.

]]> By: Leo K. http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-12901 Leo K. Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:18:42 +0000 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-12901 What amazes me most is the amount of work put into some of these websites. The payback must be worth it ?! :-) What amazes me most is the amount of work put into some of these websites. The payback must be worth it ?! :-)

]]> By: giafly http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-12854 giafly Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:12:55 +0000 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-12854 Re: I put the links in deliberately. You could use rel="nofollow". <a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=33582" rel="nofollow">How do I tell Googlebot not to crawl a single outgoing link on a page?</a> Re: I put the links in deliberately.

You could use rel=”nofollow”. How do I tell Googlebot not to crawl a single outgoing link on a page?

]]> By: Richard Clayton http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-12805 Richard Clayton Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:59:15 +0000 http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2007/01/07/human-rights-and-biophysics-strange-similarities/#comment-12805 I put the links in deliberately, after some thought, to allow people to rapidly review the evidence for themselves. Also, people who are vaguely suspicious may be assisted in their own Googling by having them there. For a subtly different list of sites on the same machine try: http://whois.webhosting.info/66.45.255.123 Of these the "European Organisation of Family Health Research" says that it "represents over 100 non-governmental and other not-for-profit organisations interested in..." which is familiar. The "about us" says it is "the nation’s only non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of all family through research, education and advocacy", remarkably similar to the statement on http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/site/PageServer that "The Society for Women’s Health Research is the nation’s only non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of all women through research, education and advocacy". I put the links in deliberately, after some thought, to allow people to rapidly review the evidence for themselves. Also, people who are vaguely suspicious may be assisted in their own Googling by having them there.

For a subtly different list of sites on the same machine try:
http://whois.webhosting.info/66.45.255.123

Of these the “European Organisation of Family Health Research” says that it “represents over 100 non-governmental and other not-for-profit organisations interested in…” which is familiar. The “about us” says it is “the nation’s only non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of all family through research, education and advocacy”, remarkably similar to the statement on http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/site/PageServer
that “The Society for Women’s Health Research is the nation’s only non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of all women through research, education and advocacy”.

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