The rumors of my being slashdotted are greatly exaggerated — or at least perpetuated in denial by me. Imagine my surprise when I noticed this article on Slashdot. It mentions a “tech writer” named “David Gilbert.” This might be one of the few times I directly mention my name on the blog … but it’s important here. David, it seems writes for the International Business Times.
I can’t get an exact bead on the organization. It claims to have “international newsrooms” all over the world, but their addresses could easily be simply some reporter’s house. I strongly suspect it’s a UK organization since my Firefox plugin that prevents scripts from running exposes the default for the edition selection widget is “UK.”
I don’t terribly often Google myself. If I do, I usually crack out a secure browser or even TOR. Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t meant they’re not after you…