Since our attempt at online advertising has slowed, and we have had to spam our own site, we re-grouped 5 minutes ago and thought the next most obvious thing to attempt would be to sell all of you out to the secret service. Governments are no stranger to user data, and just by taking a look at the strange and crazy shit we write and talk about, its safe to say some of you are threats to cville and the greater community.
At least we will make money on this one. Sites in the UK aren’t so lucky…
The rapid expansion of new CSPs – such as gaming, social networking, auction and video sites – and technologies such as wireless internet and broadband present a serious problem for the police, MI5, customs and other government agencies, the security sources say.
Sites such as Bebo and Facebook provide their services free, relying mainly on advertising for income. They do not hold records of their customers, many of whom in any case use pseudonyms.
“Criminals could use a chat facility – they are not actually playing the game but we can’t actually get hold of the data,” said one official.
“Criminal terrorists are exploiting free social networking sites,” said another Whitehall security official, who added that the problem was compounded by the increasing use of data rather than voice in communications.
“People have many accounts and sign up as Mickey Mouse and no one knows who they are,” he said. “We have to do something. We need to collect data CSPs do not hold.”
Seriously, I mean, who wouldn’t want to know the secret life of the one named “Otterdung” or “Shenanigans”? So the next time you sign on anonymously to cVillain, beware, big brother will be right behind you…
[pic from chuckp Flickr]
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nice, can I get a raise?
Secret Life? Laugh. I was outed by Lilith herself, before the Code was even written.
“Seriously, I mean, who wouldn’t want to know the secret life of the one named “Otterdung” or “Shenanigans”? ”
/the muffin-shoppe closed, bizotch–pay attention.
Broken record or annoying parrot? I can’t decide.
The latter.
by which i meant only that i HAVE no secret life. so speculation is futile, even if mention is flattering.
‘annoying’ on the other hand
will get you an otterdung mcquit
faster than you can say ‘beeejay’ on every single fucking post evuh.
secret life of Floozy or Taleisin might be WORTH imagining.
lilith outed you? even b4 the code thats a “nish nish”
bad lilith!
@6: “Annoying” like a parrot that keeps repeating something. And you keep repeating that muffin shop joke over and over and over and over. McQuit that. No, just quit it for real. It stopped being funny awhile ago.
@7: Oh yeah she did. Had to change my name later but everyone figured it out.
@8
but twas your OWN joke, darling–like beeejay which you yourself repeat unceasing in every context on every thread–not parroting (as i parrot you) but blurting monomaniacally. In my defense, i was guarding your honor (and IN your own words/terms-of-denial), when it was adverted to above and elsewhere that there might be some secret alliance between us!
/point taken, though, reprimand registered.
i still say this website is become a fucking snake-pit, and refer you to:
http://cvillain.com/2008/10/16/ffa-xxiv-slouching-towards-lcd-animosity-dck-jokes-nite-blatherskite/
@9: Yeah and they’re funny the first time, maybe. Then you go and blurt them endlessly like a See-n-Say with Tourette’s.
PS I haven’t said “BJ” on any threads recently. Stop confusiing the world in your head with the world online again.
here, just to make everyone feel better:
http://www.box.net/shared/jd891vg8wk
i guess “they” don’t know who i am yet.
OD, Shen, go to your room!
/damn, I’m saying that every hour
@14
i know!!!!! i need to be a little more delicate and less cretinous out here —- Shen was my last line of defense in case of tsunami, plagues of locust, broken wine-corks or domestic violence. I mustn’t be so careless about ticking her off. Hope we made up, but didn’t have the nerve to inquire.
Wow – it’s a bit bitchy in here…
@ 16 Its the two minute hate. Now take your soma and pipe down.
smells like sex and broken dreams in here
/I think the intelligence agencies just needed to explain why they were spending all day on facebook instead of finding actual intelligence.
@18
quite. this MAY not be the place to LOOK for intelligence.
OD you gotta text me/email me back if you want the lunch I’m having delivered over to you.
@20
YOU are an angel. just getting here, and leaving almost instanter.
sorry, i’m pretending briefly to work in an effort buoy-up faltering corporate america.
/who knew that broccoli wasn’t merely ornamental but can be offered as a foodstuff?