Comments on: John McCain’s MySpace Page “Enhanced” http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/ Startup and Tech News Fri, 16 May 2008 08:30:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Lillicotch.com » Blog Archive » Don’t Link To Other Peoples Images http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-2132875 Lillicotch.com » Blog Archive » Don’t Link To Other Peoples Images Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:21:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-2132875 [...] More… [...] […] More… […]

]]> By: Internetwahlkampf in den USA http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-2052271 Internetwahlkampf in den USA Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:09:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-2052271 [...] Die steigende Popularität der Social Networks wird natürlich auch von den Kandidaten benutzt. Diese Seiten sorgen dafür, dass die menschliche Seite der Kandidaten zum tragen kommt. Teilweise persönliche Dinge wie Vorlieben und Abneigungen werden dargestellt und die Nutzer können sich mit ihrem Kandidaten “vernetzen”. Obama schafft es so z. B. bei Facebook auf über eine halbe Million Anhänger. John McCain benutzt auch MySpace, scheint hier aber ein wenig glückliches Händchen zu haben. [...] […] Die steigende Popularität der Social Networks wird natürlich auch von den Kandidaten benutzt. Diese Seiten sorgen dafür, dass die menschliche Seite der Kandidaten zum tragen kommt. Teilweise persönliche Dinge wie Vorlieben und Abneigungen werden dargestellt und die Nutzer können sich mit ihrem Kandidaten “vernetzen”. Obama schafft es so z. B. bei Facebook auf über eine halbe Million Anhänger. John McCain benutzt auch MySpace, scheint hier aber ein wenig glückliches Händchen zu haben. […]

]]> By: social-creature » Blog Archive » culture seeks its level http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-2048502 social-creature » Blog Archive » culture seeks its level Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:47:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-2048502 [...] of the most high profile cases of such content replacement came from John McCain’s run-in with MySpace profile creation. His staff failed to use images from their own servers. When the owner of the image McCain used [...] […] of the most high profile cases of such content replacement came from John McCain’s run-in with MySpace profile creation. His staff failed to use images from their own servers. When the owner of the image McCain used […]

]]> By: MySpace Page for Alicia Keys “Hacked” http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1741062 MySpace Page for Alicia Keys “Hacked” Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:59:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1741062 [...] pages messed with in ways that border on hacking. Last March John McCain found his MySpace page inadvertently promoting a position he had not officially taken. MySpace Loading information about [...] […] pages messed with in ways that border on hacking. Last March John McCain found his MySpace page inadvertently promoting a position he had not officially taken. MySpace Loading information about […]

]]> By: wordcamp.co.il » Blog Archive » החוק והבלוגר - צווי איסור פרסום, לשון הרע, זכויות יוצרים ואתה http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1700320 wordcamp.co.il » Blog Archive » החוק והבלוגר - צווי איסור פרסום, לשון הרע, זכויות יוצרים ואתה Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:11:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1700320 [...] ג’ון מק’קין, מועמד לנשיאות ארצות הברית, ביצע קישור חם ואיפשר למארח התמונה לשנות את התוכן כך שהודבק בעמוד [...] […] ג’ון מק’קין, מועמד לנשיאות ארצות הברית, ביצע קישור חם ואיפשר למארח התמונה לשנות את התוכן כך שהודבק בעמוד […]

]]> By: More details on cybercrime threats to U.S. elections « Voting Matters Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1688617 More details on cybercrime threats to U.S. elections « Voting Matters Blog Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:59:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1688617 [...] an image hosted on another person’s site. When that person switched the image to one stating McCain had reversed his position on gay marriage, the change was reflected on McCain’s page and he was left [...] […] an image hosted on another person’s site. When that person switched the image to one stating McCain had reversed his position on gay marriage, the change was reflected on McCain’s page and he was left […]

]]> By: adult hardcore tv http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1597148 adult hardcore tv Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:46:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1597148 <strong>adult hardcore tv...</strong> John McCain’s MySpace Page “Enhanced”... adult hardcore tv…

John McCain’s MySpace Page “Enhanced”…

]]> By: YouTube Campaign 2008 « Trumblog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1577639 YouTube Campaign 2008 « Trumblog Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:12:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1577639 [...] or others. Using online marketing in a campaign is not newsworthy, but mistakes like the hacking of John McCain’s MySpace page or a “Macaca moment” are. This week though I saw videos from two candidates that clearly showed [...] […] or others. Using online marketing in a campaign is not newsworthy, but mistakes like the hacking of John McCain’s MySpace page or a “Macaca moment” are. This week though I saw videos from two candidates that clearly showed […]

]]> By: Startup Toolbox http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1510785 Startup Toolbox Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:16:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1510785 [...] the practice- change the image on the host end to something less desirable, such as happened to John McCain last [...] […] the practice- change the image on the host end to something less desirable, such as happened to John McCain last […]

]]> By: Web Strategy by Jeremiah » Web Strategies of the 2008 Presidential Candidates http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1384734 Web Strategy by Jeremiah » Web Strategies of the 2008 Presidential Candidates Sat, 19 May 2007 09:23:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1384734 [...] Presence and Instant Messaging on Twitter John Edwards was one of the first to have a Twitter profile, which is frequently updated. It is suspected that it is updated by one of his aids. Since then other candidates have jumped on the twitter bandwagon -March 07 John McCain’s MySpace Hacked A vandal “enhanced” John McCain’s myspace profile: “Davidson decided to play a small prank on the campaign this morning as retribution. Since he’s in control of some of the images on the site, he replaced one that shows contact information with a statement:” -reports TechCrunch, March 07 [...] […] Presence and Instant Messaging on Twitter John Edwards was one of the first to have a Twitter profile, which is frequently updated. It is suspected that it is updated by one of his aids. Since then other candidates have jumped on the twitter bandwagon -March 07 John McCain’s MySpace Hacked A vandal “enhanced” John McCain’s myspace profile: “Davidson decided to play a small prank on the campaign this morning as retribution. Since he’s in control of some of the images on the site, he replaced one that shows contact information with a statement:” -reports TechCrunch, March 07 […]

]]> By: Xblog : John McCain's Campaign Are A Bunch Of Pirates http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1352879 Xblog : John McCain's Campaign Are A Bunch Of Pirates Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:13:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1352879 [...] really hard to say much about this beyond: wow, that’ll teach ‘em. It does go to show how easily one can accidentally run [...] […] really hard to say much about this beyond: wow, that’ll teach ‘em. It does go to show how easily one can accidentally run […]

]]> By: Motorcycle Guy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1343567 Motorcycle Guy Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:58:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1343567 Wait lol that is too funny. I had heard about this, but never realized it was the ceo of newsvine that's just too great. Wait lol that is too funny. I had heard about this, but never realized it was the ceo of newsvine that’s just too great.

]]> By: Hacking McCain « Katrinacrat http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1324178 Hacking McCain « Katrinacrat Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:13:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1324178 [...] Hacking McCain Bwahahahaha! This is priceless! Be sure to read the whole thing, they have before and after pics of it. Too Funny! John McCain’s MySpace Page “Enhanced” [...] […] Hacking McCain Bwahahahaha! This is priceless! Be sure to read the whole thing, they have before and after pics of it. Too Funny! John McCain’s MySpace Page “Enhanced” […]

]]> By: The Seminal :: Independent Media and Politics » The Myspace Primary http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1317023 The Seminal :: Independent Media and Politics » The Myspace Primary Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:41:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1317023 [...] from the same monochrome blandness as his campaign website. At least he has recovered from the enhancement from last week. McCain’s page encourages people to “Spread the word!” It then [...] […] from the same monochrome blandness as his campaign website. At least he has recovered from the enhancement from last week. McCain’s page encourages people to “Spread the word!” It then […]

]]> By: meerkat media http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1311506 meerkat media Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:53:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1311506 <strong>John McCain’s MySpace Hacked...</strong> Someone at John McCain’s campaign site made a little bit of an internet faux-pas, and got this result to show for it.  Here we see a before / after example of why not to break the rules. The story is that the McCain minion used a MySpace templ... John McCain’s MySpace Hacked…

Someone at John McCain’s campaign site made a little bit of an internet faux-pas, and got this result to show for it.  Here we see a before / after example of why not to break the rules.
The story is that the McCain minion used a MySpace templ…

]]> By: Lorde Voldemort http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1311502 Lorde Voldemort Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:49:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1311502 does anyone know of the "Fester Yatch club", the founder and story of how it was accepted by the other yatch clubs around the states, so that Fester's members got benefits at the other clubs ?????? does anyone know of the “Fester Yatch club”, the founder and story of
how it was accepted by the other yatch clubs around the states, so that
Fester’s members got benefits at the other clubs ??????

]]> By: Renatalaliozexjalon http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1310065 Renatalaliozexjalon Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:21:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1310065 I LIKE CHICKEN CHEESE OOOOOLALALLA I LIKE CHICKEN CHEESE OOOOOLALALLA

]]> By: Mike D. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1300323 Mike D. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:50:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1300323 Bob Dingwell: Thanks. Not interested though. I have no bad feelings towards Cameron as I really don't know the guy at all. After reading a lot of comment threads on TechCrunch recently though, I have a whole new respect for Mike A's ability not to get mad at his commenters. I mean, my blog averages probably 40 or 50 comments per post -- sometimes more -- and everything just seems so civil most of the time. Bob Dingwell: Thanks. Not interested though. I have no bad feelings towards Cameron as I really don’t know the guy at all. After reading a lot of comment threads on TechCrunch recently though, I have a whole new respect for Mike A’s ability not to get mad at his commenters. I mean, my blog averages probably 40 or 50 comments per post — sometimes more — and everything just seems so civil most of the time.

]]> By: Exploding Aardvark » WHY YOU SHOULDN’T STEAL BANDWIDTH http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1299775 Exploding Aardvark » WHY YOU SHOULDN’T STEAL BANDWIDTH Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:53:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1299775 [...] John McCain’s MySpace Page “Enhanced” (TechCrunch, via the del.icio.us heh tag) [...] […] John McCain’s MySpace Page “Enhanced” (TechCrunch, via the del.icio.us heh tag) […]

]]> By: blog.rightreading.com » John McCain Supports Gay Marriage, “Particularly Between Passionate Females” http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1299624 blog.rightreading.com » John McCain Supports Gay Marriage, “Particularly Between Passionate Females” Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:50:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1299624 [...] Original story and screenshots here. [...] […] Original story and screenshots here. […]

]]> By: Bob Dingwell http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1298750 Bob Dingwell Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:52:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1298750 Mike D, Cameron: You guys need to get a room and take your [love] conversation offline. Looks like there are a lot of suppressed feelings... --Bob Mike D, Cameron:

You guys need to get a room and take your [love] conversation offline. Looks like there are a lot of suppressed feelings…

–Bob

]]> By: Jimi http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1298592 Jimi Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:37:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1298592 Interesting little tidbit. Happened to see this little prank on the Daily Show today. Didn't get a good shot of your url on there, but I'll be damned if it wasn't on the show. Interesting little tidbit. Happened to see this little prank on the Daily Show today. Didn’t get a good shot of your url on there, but I’ll be damned if it wasn’t on the show.

]]> By: GregC http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1296841 GregC Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:34:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1296841 Having the benefit of seeing this simultaneously with all of the comments (saving the assholity symposium for more serious study later), it seems the perfect combination of prankery/humor/political pointmaking and spanking would have been replacing the linked image with a simple notice stating "This web page links to a copyrighted image here without permission and in violation of the terms of agreement and of US copyright law" etc. That way nobody is offended, it's still a bit funny, (maybe more than a bit to those who don't like McCain's copyright position), and the discussion of the web site will be just as much "is the McCain campaign doing illegal stuff?" as "funny or not funny?" Having the benefit of seeing this simultaneously with all of the comments (saving the assholity symposium for more serious study later), it seems the perfect combination of prankery/humor/political pointmaking and spanking would have been replacing the linked image with a simple notice stating

“This web page links to a copyrighted image here without permission and in violation of the terms of agreement and of US copyright law” etc.

That way nobody is offended, it’s still a bit funny, (maybe more than a bit to those who don’t like McCain’s copyright position), and the discussion of the web site will be just as much “is the McCain campaign doing illegal stuff?” as “funny or not funny?”

]]> By: Mike D. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1296765 Mike D. Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:11:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1296765 Video coverage of the prank via NBC affiliate KING 5 is <a href="http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2007/03/king-5-covers-mccain-myspace-prank" rel="nofollow">now online</a>. Video coverage of the prank via NBC affiliate KING 5 is now online.

]]> By: JayV http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1296023 JayV Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:51:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/27/john-mccains-myspace-page-hacked/#comment-1296023 Just went over to the MySpace site. Now the comment section has anti-McCain editorial cartoons from Mike Lukovich (sp?) and the Red Meat strip as well. This on top of the shitty layout. They really should hire somebody better to do their maintenance. Just went over to the MySpace site. Now the comment section has anti-McCain editorial cartoons from Mike Lukovich (sp?) and the Red Meat strip as well. This on top of the shitty layout.

They really should hire somebody better to do their maintenance.

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