[LINK] 'Shady' porn site practices put visitors at risk

Andy Farkas chuzzwassa at gmail.com
Sun Jun 13 11:20:44 AEST 2010


<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10289009.stm>

> Visitors to porn sites are at serious risk of being exploited
> by cyber criminals, a study has suggested.
>
> It found that many sites harboured malware or used "shady"
> practices to squeeze money out of their visitors.
>
> By creating their own porn sites researchers found that many
> consumers were vulnerable to known bugs and loopholes.

...

> Statistics suggest that approximately 12% of all websites offer
> pornography of one sort or another and that 70% of men under 24
> browse these sites.

-andyf



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