24.04.2008, 21:26
Read this:
http://www.redhill.net.au/b/b-bad.html
It will open your eyes. This stuff still goes on, but these days it is a bit more rare and even harder to detect because they've gotten a lot smarter (plus the technology that makes this type of fraud possible has taken a giant leap forward as well). I've actually seen in person a couple of the boards in that article, and worked on them. At the time we just thought they were terrible, garbage, didn't work right, etc. We had no idea WHY this was so, but reading that article sure gave me flashbacks.
http://www.redhill.net.au/b/b-bad.html
It will open your eyes. This stuff still goes on, but these days it is a bit more rare and even harder to detect because they've gotten a lot smarter (plus the technology that makes this type of fraud possible has taken a giant leap forward as well). I've actually seen in person a couple of the boards in that article, and worked on them. At the time we just thought they were terrible, garbage, didn't work right, etc. We had no idea WHY this was so, but reading that article sure gave me flashbacks.