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There is some very bad hacking going on related to popular MySpace pages. I would advise people to simply stay away from the site.

Security and functionality exist in an inverse relationship…

– Exploit Prevention’s Chief Technical Officer Roger Thompson

The current situation does not involve American teens hacking passwords and replacing your text with the word gay. This is from a Chinese malware site and software is placed on your computer that makes your computer prone to future attacks. Pages of popular musicians are the main targets. Users that have typical protections on their computers are asked to download a codec that is not a codec.

Facebook seems to have joined the list of social websites that I join and then eventually abandon. I am sure that a large portion of the people who joined are very enthusiastic and check in multiple times daily. I go for weeks without thinking about it.

The simple explanation would be ‘Martin is an introvert.’

I don’t think it is that simple. I am generally an active member of one forum or another and I have been for a few years. I saw one board through from start to finish and mourned its passing. I think I just do not value social activity for its own sake. Maybe I am selfish.

Just so people don’t think I am bashing Facebook, I think MySpace is boring too.