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disproves the following quote from the above mentioned blog, "One of our most important commitments to our members is to not allow deceptive advertising or harmful products on our site." In April 2008 Care2 was "forced" (quoting
Kristen, the Care2 forums moderator), to switch over to a different platform by the third party company which actually operates the site. While prior to this platform change Care2 was no less secure than any comparable site, in the last 36 hours (March 6-9, 2009 i have seen numerous Phishing attacks posing as generic offers advertising "Live and Work in the USA" "CONGRATULATIONS" "You've Got 1 Free Year" and variations on this theme seeking personal information. Verification of this may be found both on the Care2 site as the attempts are numerous and prevalent and also at a locked facebook album of screenshots i created at
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specific segment of the population for 'demographically targetted' advertising using environmental issues as the bait and using the World
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Phishing attacks and perpetrators of this type of crime are taking full advantage of it. Personally, I would include Care2 as an item on
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I have been a Care2 member since March 13, 2000 and while I'm not certain its notability should be in question (up to 10,618,161 members). Its credibility certainly is by many of its remaining members of significant tenure. Care2 was founded by advertising executives (Randy
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Because my experience is certainly no less legitimate and worthy of attention than the very limited personal experience of those who in all these years apparently haven't heard about Care2. (Or why would anyone call in question its "notability"?)
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