Comments on: Hackers, spam and a glimpse of our garden http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/hackers-spam-and-a-glimpse-of-our-garden-721 Stumbling self sufficiency in a small space Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:52:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ultraviolette http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/hackers-spam-and-a-glimpse-of-our-garden-721/comment-page-1#comment-65497 ultraviolette Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:12:54 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=721#comment-65497 So sorry to hear (read) of your computer troubles. One would think there are more important things to do in life to keep one busy enough. This is a wonderful site and I would hate to lose it. I could browse and read here all day. Keep on fighting the good fight :) So sorry to hear (read) of your computer troubles.
One would think there are more important things to do in life to keep one busy enough.
This is a wonderful site and I would hate to lose it.
I could browse and read here all day.

Keep on fighting the good fight :)

]]> By: fn http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/hackers-spam-and-a-glimpse-of-our-garden-721/comment-page-1#comment-31887 fn Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:53:57 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=721#comment-31887 Hi Ryan Yes, I agree most of the Blogger sites look so similar. That's what attracted me to Wordpress. It's a shock when I find someone using the same theme! Hackers are addicted to finding a way in. Why else would someone spend time on forcing a way into someone else’s space? If they do Google eventually closes the feeds and listings from the site. So it can't be for exposure. Hi Ryan

Yes, I agree most of the Blogger sites look so similar. That’s what attracted me to WordPress. It’s a shock when I find someone using the same theme!

Hackers are addicted to finding a way in. Why else would someone spend time on forcing a way into someone else’s space? If they do Google eventually closes the feeds and listings from the site. So it can’t be for exposure.

]]> By: ryan http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/hackers-spam-and-a-glimpse-of-our-garden-721/comment-page-1#comment-31818 ryan Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:06:18 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=721#comment-31818 "The thing about Blogger is that most of the sites look so similar. Wordpress has millions of free ‘themes’ available which can be customised quite easily." True, that's also one of the key reasons Wordpress is compromized so easily. All those "free" themes and plugins are written in php which can be very insecure depending on the author of the code. At least with Blogger or Wordpress.com you don't have to worry about that. With host your own Wordpress though, it's a crapshoot. “The thing about Blogger is that most of the sites look so similar. WordPress has millions of free ‘themes’ available which can be customised quite easily.”

True, that’s also one of the key reasons WordPress is compromized so easily. All those “free” themes and plugins are written in php which can be very insecure depending on the author of the code. At least with Blogger or WordPress.com you don’t have to worry about that. With host your own WordPress though, it’s a crapshoot.

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