hacked off
Don't have enough to worry about in your life? Create something on the internet. It doesn't really matter what it is, other people will find a way to make their mark upon it. And the best part? The internet is open 24/7 -- anyone can do anything, any time they feel like it.
The truth is, I've been lucky. My email account has been hijacked a half-dozen times by spammers, but aside from that, I consider myself quite lucky. One of the other BCM composers had their domain name snatched up by a claim-jumping pornographer -- one day you log onto an aspiring musician's website, the next day, it's all bootylicious. Fortunately, the smut-peddler-in-question didn't want to risk any kind of legal action, so he sold the URL back to the BCM'er after little more than a polite phone call. But this should give you some sense of the risk you take when you set up your own little lemonade stand next to the internet superhighway.
A while back BCM set up a forum -- a little oasis on the net where people could come together and talk about music, and share their insights, experiences, and opinions. It's been an interesting social experiment to say the least, and on occasion, there have been some great exchanges of thoughts and ideas. But even in this tiny little burger shack off of interstate 10110011, there's a need for constant surveillance. Fortunately we have the help of the Kevins -- two trusted members of the forum who can help us keep watch for the odd cyber-graffitti, or masquerading malcontent. Even within it's short life, this forum has had some interesting visitors:
- a "grandmother" with an accusatory tone and pointed questions, laden with passive/aggressive hostility, who turned out to be a college student with an enormous chip on his shoulder.
- the "beauty pageant winner/lawyer" who was a HUGE fan of our's... yeah, right.
- the dude who was curious to see if any members of the forum were interested in Russian mail-order brides. Evidently, he had the hook-up.
- a guy who made a controversial statement, and then started logging in as other people to come to his own defense.
- the guys (yes, there have been more than one) who have just HAD to share their intoxicated exploits with us, and could think of no better place than a music forum.
And loads more weirdness that isn't worth going into now... but the ever-lovin' loo-loo came last night, when the entire forum got hacked. Happy happy joy joy. Again, we were very lucky -- the hacker just wanted to show us he/she "could" do it -- they didn't really do anything serious. Yet. So our security has been breached, and until one of us has the time to fortify our defenses, we're at the mercy of at least one hacker whose got us all by the short hairs/in his crosshairs, and he could pull that trigger at any time. Sounds a little overdramatic? Well, I'm just trying to keep you entertained...
As a proprietor on the web, you're responsible for everyone else's irresponsibility.
We just wanted to write some music.
The truth is, I've been lucky. My email account has been hijacked a half-dozen times by spammers, but aside from that, I consider myself quite lucky. One of the other BCM composers had their domain name snatched up by a claim-jumping pornographer -- one day you log onto an aspiring musician's website, the next day, it's all bootylicious. Fortunately, the smut-peddler-in-question didn't want to risk any kind of legal action, so he sold the URL back to the BCM'er after little more than a polite phone call. But this should give you some sense of the risk you take when you set up your own little lemonade stand next to the internet superhighway.
A while back BCM set up a forum -- a little oasis on the net where people could come together and talk about music, and share their insights, experiences, and opinions. It's been an interesting social experiment to say the least, and on occasion, there have been some great exchanges of thoughts and ideas. But even in this tiny little burger shack off of interstate 10110011, there's a need for constant surveillance. Fortunately we have the help of the Kevins -- two trusted members of the forum who can help us keep watch for the odd cyber-graffitti, or masquerading malcontent. Even within it's short life, this forum has had some interesting visitors:
- a "grandmother" with an accusatory tone and pointed questions, laden with passive/aggressive hostility, who turned out to be a college student with an enormous chip on his shoulder.
- the "beauty pageant winner/lawyer" who was a HUGE fan of our's... yeah, right.
- the dude who was curious to see if any members of the forum were interested in Russian mail-order brides. Evidently, he had the hook-up.
- a guy who made a controversial statement, and then started logging in as other people to come to his own defense.
- the guys (yes, there have been more than one) who have just HAD to share their intoxicated exploits with us, and could think of no better place than a music forum.
And loads more weirdness that isn't worth going into now... but the ever-lovin' loo-loo came last night, when the entire forum got hacked. Happy happy joy joy. Again, we were very lucky -- the hacker just wanted to show us he/she "could" do it -- they didn't really do anything serious. Yet. So our security has been breached, and until one of us has the time to fortify our defenses, we're at the mercy of at least one hacker whose got us all by the short hairs/in his crosshairs, and he could pull that trigger at any time. Sounds a little overdramatic? Well, I'm just trying to keep you entertained...
As a proprietor on the web, you're responsible for everyone else's irresponsibility.
We just wanted to write some music.
3 Comments:
And yet again, it was one of our own members just trying to prove they were cooler than the rest of us. Seriously, man, get a job.
Dude, Jim, you completely forgot about the kid who managed to get 1200 plus votes in 1 1/2 years, in a forum that is not that active, in your list of whackos ;)
Kevin, that guy IS cool! Maybe he'll buy beer for us. Seriously, there's one kind of person I hate more than a hacker, and that's a hacker who hacks somthing just to show that they "can". Ugh. I'm thinking, less job, more girlfriend.
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