Sponsors: This is Bullshit [Drama]
Over the last few days, I have signed up for several programs. Out of those signups, nearly all requested personal information, name, address, e-mail, tax ID, bank routing information, etc, etc. And almost all of them requested this information on non-secure, unencrypted web forms.
Identity theft is a growing problem and it is fueled mostly by lazy and incompetent people who are careless with other's personal information. A day can barely pass these days where we don't hear of someone buying a hard drive on eBay only to find some companies database on it, or somebody downloading a huge file of financial info sitting on someone's server in a flat file.
If you cant install an SSL certificate and run a secure website, what other careless practices are you employing while you are handling my data and others data? An ounce of prevention is worth tons of cure. Which adult webmaster program is going to be the first to give a CNN interview explaining that its incompetence was responsible for the disruption of hundreds or thousands of peoples lives?
And make no mistake, it will happen. Its only a matter of time. And when it does happen, it will damage the entire industry in a very public way. Adult already has a tough time getting card processing services due to our perceived higher fraud risk and the other egg we get on our faces (most of it undeserved) from the religious nuts and other such factions working to knock us out. Your average mainstream business already has a bad opinion of our industry, why do anything that could potentially create a situation that could reinforce and fuel that sentiments?
This is a serious issue and it warrants attention. If you are requesting banking or tax information online, you need to get off your fucking ass, get out your credit card, buy an SSL certificate and install it. Its not hard, even the dumb kids can do it. There are alot of problems in this industry, many of them out of the industry's control. This one is not out of our control.
And no, I am not going to name any program in particular. The guilty ones know who they are. So for all the program bashers, sorry to disappoint. Check yourselves, address the issue and we can all be safer.
This is bullshit. Its unprofessional. It needs to be addressed.
Thank you, that will be all. Back to your regularly scheduled bullshit.
Identity theft is a growing problem and it is fueled mostly by lazy and incompetent people who are careless with other's personal information. A day can barely pass these days where we don't hear of someone buying a hard drive on eBay only to find some companies database on it, or somebody downloading a huge file of financial info sitting on someone's server in a flat file.
If you cant install an SSL certificate and run a secure website, what other careless practices are you employing while you are handling my data and others data? An ounce of prevention is worth tons of cure. Which adult webmaster program is going to be the first to give a CNN interview explaining that its incompetence was responsible for the disruption of hundreds or thousands of peoples lives?
And make no mistake, it will happen. Its only a matter of time. And when it does happen, it will damage the entire industry in a very public way. Adult already has a tough time getting card processing services due to our perceived higher fraud risk and the other egg we get on our faces (most of it undeserved) from the religious nuts and other such factions working to knock us out. Your average mainstream business already has a bad opinion of our industry, why do anything that could potentially create a situation that could reinforce and fuel that sentiments?
This is a serious issue and it warrants attention. If you are requesting banking or tax information online, you need to get off your fucking ass, get out your credit card, buy an SSL certificate and install it. Its not hard, even the dumb kids can do it. There are alot of problems in this industry, many of them out of the industry's control. This one is not out of our control.
And no, I am not going to name any program in particular. The guilty ones know who they are. So for all the program bashers, sorry to disappoint. Check yourselves, address the issue and we can all be safer.
This is bullshit. Its unprofessional. It needs to be addressed.
Thank you, that will be all. Back to your regularly scheduled bullshit.
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