Cybersquatted in a restaurant or how I wish they had SSL for conversations

Wow, trying to get back up right now, hit publish and drove home to get a call from partner that site is down. :( Next time I'll make sure to pay attention.

Re: Cybersquatted in a restaurant or how I wish they had SSL for conversations

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Post by shubber » Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 3:01 AM UTC

w1ntermute wrote: post #4

...and the site's already down. Can someone c/p the text?

The claim is that the author's partner checked a few domains for a website client, went to the client for sign-off, and attempted to register the domain a few hours later. Shock: the client's domain is already registered, the registrant is a college kid who wants $150. The kid claims about a school project and work invested are debunked. The post seems to mostly exist to publish the student's name and the name of his dad, as a stab at retribution.

Re: Cybersquatted in a restaurant or how I wish they had SSL for conversations

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Post by ripsup » Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 3:04 AM UTC

Okay think it's back up now, hopefully didn't lose to much of it's momentum cause it's a pretty shady thing the guy did.

Re: Cybersquatted in a restaurant or how I wish they had SSL for conversations

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Post by someonelocal » Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 3:37 AM UTC

I know Dan and George Turkette. This behavior doesn't really surprise me.

Re: Cybersquatted in a restaurant or how I wish they had SSL for conversations

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Post by Tycho » Tue, Dec 21, 2010, 3:50 AM UTC

yet another reason why I laugh at the 'ideas are worthless' mentality: blab about your idea and someone might register the best domain, even if they don't intend to implement