Protect yourself from Craig's List scammers
October 5, 2006 9:32 AM Subscribe
Protecting your privacy on Craig's List. Sex blogger Violet Blue re-assures Craig's List users with a list of tips to protect yourself from the new scammers who harvest your pictures and emails, and then publish them on the web.
The problem with these 'rules' is that it seems like they would drastically reduce your ability to actually get laid. I mean, who would sleep with someone taking all these steps to stay anonymous?
posted by delmoi at 10:05 AM on October 5, 2006
posted by delmoi at 10:05 AM on October 5, 2006
I'm glad Violet Blue is here to tell the world ugly women over 30 how to have sex.
posted by Pastabagel at 10:18 AM on October 5, 2006
posted by Pastabagel at 10:18 AM on October 5, 2006
Ix-nay on the eni-Xay. It makes her CRAAAZZZYY.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:36 AM on October 5, 2006
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:36 AM on October 5, 2006
I'm with Astro Zombie. If she starts throwing her chakram around, we're toast.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:40 AM on October 5, 2006
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:40 AM on October 5, 2006
Lonely people will give up personal information for a chance of an experience with a girl? You don't say!
I agree with the above poster, if you don't give up personal information, a legitmate girl will just move on to someone who will.
posted by andryeevna at 10:48 AM on October 5, 2006
I agree with the above poster, if you don't give up personal information, a legitmate girl will just move on to someone who will.
posted by andryeevna at 10:48 AM on October 5, 2006
Ew, I went to check out Crock's website, and he had a link to this. I don't know if it's one of his or what, but it's just awful.
posted by Holy foxy moxie batman! at 10:57 AM on October 5, 2006
posted by Holy foxy moxie batman! at 10:57 AM on October 5, 2006
where a creepy guy named Jason Fortuny posted a fake, explicit Craigslist ad from the point of view of a female submissive looking for rough sex, and then he maliciously posted all of the personal information on each and every one of the respondents to an editable online wiki.
Creepy? What's creepy about making fun at the expense of losers?
posted by three blind mice at 11:02 AM on October 5, 2006
Creepy? What's creepy about making fun at the expense of losers?
posted by three blind mice at 11:02 AM on October 5, 2006
Should people even need this article? Online personals aren't my thing, but its just the same common sense when doing anything risque via email:
* use an anon email account. "microsoft.com" is not an anon accoount.
* don't send pics, at least not identifying ones, until you've verified identity
* assume that anything you send could be posted publicly by the other person until you have built enough trust to assume otherwise
posted by rsanheim at 11:03 AM on October 5, 2006
* use an anon email account. "microsoft.com" is not an anon accoount.
* don't send pics, at least not identifying ones, until you've verified identity
* assume that anything you send could be posted publicly by the other person until you have built enough trust to assume otherwise
posted by rsanheim at 11:03 AM on October 5, 2006
Hey, it's a bunch of common sense safety tips, but we should pay attention because it's a HOWTO from Violet Blue and she's a grrrl that talks about sex in her sex web 2.0 blog. LOL.
oh, and DRM.
posted by drstein at 11:13 AM on October 5, 2006 [2 favorites]
oh, and DRM.
posted by drstein at 11:13 AM on October 5, 2006 [2 favorites]
This is why I only post photos of other people's penii on Craigslist. A boy can't be too careful these days.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:27 AM on October 5, 2006
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:27 AM on October 5, 2006
Has anyone killed or maimed that Jason idiot yet or were they all empty threats?
posted by dobbs at 11:35 AM on October 5, 2006
posted by dobbs at 11:35 AM on October 5, 2006
Every Halloween.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:37 AM on October 5, 2006
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:37 AM on October 5, 2006
Touchy touchy. In my defense, I'm pretty sure super hot 20-year old girls don't need to post on craigslist for anonymous sexual encounters.
posted by Pastabagel at 11:47 AM on October 5, 2006
posted by Pastabagel at 11:47 AM on October 5, 2006
Never give a stranger your real name, email address, your phone number, physical address or location at any given time, information that could let them know where you work or hang out, or send photos that reveal your face. This is basic rape and stalker prevention, by the way. We women know.
Are you shitting me? Instead, women are supposed to show up to dates (best-case scenario is a public date) with guys whose names and contact info they have no idea about? What a horrible thing to advise!
What happened to "When you go out with a stranger for the first time, leave a note with his info on the fridge, so when he kidnaps, rapes, kills, and eats you, we'll at least know who did it"?
posted by booksandlibretti at 11:51 AM on October 5, 2006
Are you shitting me? Instead, women are supposed to show up to dates (best-case scenario is a public date) with guys whose names and contact info they have no idea about? What a horrible thing to advise!
What happened to "When you go out with a stranger for the first time, leave a note with his info on the fridge, so when he kidnaps, rapes, kills, and eats you, we'll at least know who did it"?
posted by booksandlibretti at 11:51 AM on October 5, 2006
"where a creepy guy named Jason Fortuny posted a fake, explicit Craigslist ad from the point of view of a female submissive looking for rough sex, and then he maliciously posted all of the personal information on each and every one of the respondents to an editable online wiki."
This Fortuny guy sounds like a cross between your average immature internet dickhead and a Perverted Justice wannabe. Ugh.
posted by MikeMc at 12:05 PM on October 5, 2006
This Fortuny guy sounds like a cross between your average immature internet dickhead and a Perverted Justice wannabe. Ugh.
posted by MikeMc at 12:05 PM on October 5, 2006
DRM SEX NPR.
posted by basicchannel at 1:30 PM on October 5, 2006
posted by basicchannel at 1:30 PM on October 5, 2006
Creepy? What's creepy about making fun at the expense of losers?
So quick to judge we are.
Hey, you look really familiar. Didn't you blow me in that park bathroom last week? And the week before? Hey, that was great. Next time wear the blonde wig and *two* diapers.
posted by loquacious at 1:48 PM on October 5, 2006
So quick to judge we are.
Hey, you look really familiar. Didn't you blow me in that park bathroom last week? And the week before? Hey, that was great. Next time wear the blonde wig and *two* diapers.
posted by loquacious at 1:48 PM on October 5, 2006
craigslist. One word. Not Craig's List. That is all.
posted by Rhomboid at 2:00 PM on October 5, 2006
posted by Rhomboid at 2:00 PM on October 5, 2006
> Didn't you blow me in that park bathroom last week? And the week before?
Last week was me. Week before last was my monkey.
posted by jfuller at 2:01 PM on October 5, 2006
Last week was me. Week before last was my monkey.
posted by jfuller at 2:01 PM on October 5, 2006
Everybody got something to hide except for jfuller and his monkey.
posted by Sparx at 5:03 PM on October 5, 2006
posted by Sparx at 5:03 PM on October 5, 2006
In my defense, I'm pretty sure super hot 20-year old girls don't need to post on craigslist for anonymous sexual encounters.
Which makes your insult to women who use online dating services acceptable how, again? What a jackass thing to say. Grow up.
posted by mediareport at 5:39 PM on October 5, 2006
Which makes your insult to women who use online dating services acceptable how, again? What a jackass thing to say. Grow up.
posted by mediareport at 5:39 PM on October 5, 2006
Q. "Creepy? What's creepy about making fun at the expense of losers?"
A. The "losers" it brings out to comment about how funny it is.
Not a word I ordinarily use; call it a 'reflection'.
posted by Twang at 7:00 PM on October 5, 2006
A. The "losers" it brings out to comment about how funny it is.
Not a word I ordinarily use; call it a 'reflection'.
posted by Twang at 7:00 PM on October 5, 2006
This is why I only post photos of other people's penii on Craigslist. A boy can't be too careful these days.
I always wondered at the thinking behind penii photos. Are girls supposed to be so taken with the frequently small, flacid, warty organs (not penises in general, just those posted on craigslist), that we jump with lust through the screen. If there was ever a proof of the differance between men and women, penis photos would be it.
posted by juliarothbort at 10:42 AM on October 8, 2006
I always wondered at the thinking behind penii photos. Are girls supposed to be so taken with the frequently small, flacid, warty organs (not penises in general, just those posted on craigslist), that we jump with lust through the screen. If there was ever a proof of the differance between men and women, penis photos would be it.
posted by juliarothbort at 10:42 AM on October 8, 2006
juliarothbort : "If there was ever a proof of the difference between men and women, penis photos would be it."
Or penises themselves.
posted by Bugbread at 12:48 PM on October 8, 2006
Or penises themselves.
posted by Bugbread at 12:48 PM on October 8, 2006
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