Thanks, but the first line should read "...Back to My Mac..."

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Guest wrote:
Thanks, but the first line should read "...Back to My Mac..."

That would be the third line, not the first.

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Small White Car wrote:
That would be the third line, not the first.

It could be the fourth line, depending on the width of the browser window. Since we are unable to specify the area of the typo, let's just forget the whole thing

~malcor struck.

[boring repetitive stupid stupid trolling removed]

The site linked in the article says,
"This website has been flagged for excessive Apple fanboism, and has been taken down for 24 hours.

This is a message to the rest of the Mac community, so listen up. Ever heard of hubris?
Tone it down, and you will not be attacked. Everyone else is open game."

Edit: So that's Malcor!

I reported the malcor blog to blogger for violating their terms of service. I used the web form here:

http://help.blogger.com/?page=contact

My logic is that if it's illegal to deface a web site, then promoting that defacement on a blogspot blog is a violation of their term of service. Their terms of service outline a content policy where they specifically state:

"UNLAWFUL USE OF SERVICES: Our products and services should not be used for unlawful purposes or for promotion of dangerous and illegal activities. Your account may be terminated and you may be reported to the appropriate authorities."

Seems like his blog:
<http://malcor.blogspot.com/>
is promoting an illegal activity.

In a sense, applematters.com "there but for the grace of god go I"

While I cannot stop website defacing, I hope to slow down the attention it receives which seems to me to be the purpose for the defacement in the first place.

So, how does someone get away with defacing a web site? I am completely ignorant of things internet - I just use it. How was malcor able to do this without AppleMatters being able to put it back? Why is this guy still walking around? Shouldn't he be in jail? Especially someone who does it, um, famously?

Isn't it ironic, applematters.com writes a good article that is picked up by TMO. This would get them some hits and good publicity. (And some ad revenue?)

Then applematters.com "hacks" their own web site. So instead of getting hits and revenue, they get attention, and not the good kind. People contacted their ISP to see if there was a breach, people started to doubt the security of the ISP and the content engine.

Then we all learn that the "problem" is the person who runs the site. So now, the site loses credibility.

The definition of hubris.