Internet
The Olympic ticket scam
I personally do not have television access, and for the most part, don’t really miss it. I wasn’t aware of the Olympic ticket scam that has been happening, and just came across this article the other day.
Should I be surprised by scammers taking advantage of others at such a high profile event such as this? I probably shouldn’t be, but I am. I still am.
I’m not a huge sports and athletics fan, yet I have attended the Commonwealth games when they were in my city. The winter Olympics happened to also be in a city that was close to me, and I did not make the effort to attend — probably because it was too expensive, too difficult to find a place to stay, didn’t want to stand out in the cold to watch events, etc. Just my preference. Yet, I do have compassion for those who were duped by at least one website, especially if they were booking events that their own children were participating in. That would be devastating, on many levels, and the article mentions that there is very little, from a legal perspective, that can be done about it. That, I don’t understand.
My wish is that those who were scammed still get to attend the events they booked themselves for. I don’t know how this can happen though, and who would facilitate this. However, it is still my wish.
To your prosperity,
Sue
Credit cards and hacking the internet
I have a technology background and was an adult educator in that field. One day, one of my students/users asked me a question about how viruses are made, how hackers get into systems, etc., and I remember answering, “I don’t know — my mind doesn’t go there, so I’ve never had a desire to learn how to do that.”
This recent article is about how 11 people were charged with conspiracy, computer intrusion, fraud and identity theft after 41 million credit card numbers were hacked. Some of the numbers were sold, and some of them were used by the hackers.
In my email box today, I received an article embedded in a techie-type newsletter that said that there’s a web page infected every 5 seconds on the web. The websites affected are mostly business sites or the social networks.
I would love to see all that brain power that is focused on mischief and theft go towards helping society, and reclaiming the health of our bodies and our planet.
To your prosperity,
Sue