Blippy
I’ve pretended for some years now that I’m a semi regular joe. I say semi, because obviously I’m a weirdo, but in a positive way and not in ‘underpants on the outside’ or ‘comb over to hide the bald spot kind of way. I never wear tin hats, but do make jokes about my dead Dad that make work mates uncomfortable.
Personally I think he would have liked them, but feel free to disagree.
But I do have to admit this explosion of social media on the Internet has caught me flat footed.
Sure, Google Street View is okay the first time you see it, before you realize all the pictures are mellenia out of date. And I enjoy a nervous laugh during those YouTube clips of people throwing themselves off roofs, skate boarding under cars and running into the end of the vaulting horse in the Gym. Regardless of the severe injury, obvious loss of manhood and certain hospital visits not shown.
So it’s not entirely news to me we live in a voyeuristic bubble of a society that could possibly be accused of slight self absorption.
But. And call me a bloke, but I never saw this site coming - Blippy. A company whose byline is ‘Blippy is a fun and easy way to to see and discuss what everyone is buying’.
I find the existence of such a site incomprehensible like I find the value of ‘x’ in algebra incomprehensible. Who gives a toss? I didn’t care what ‘x’ was then and certainly have no interest in what ‘yumi59’ from Rooty Hill spent at Victoria’s secret. Visions of a large sweaty man at a small desk with too few clothes on stalk my imagination. Can’t we keep it the secret Victoria intended?
Apparently people were stupid enough to put their credit card details on this site. Which the site then indexed with the google search engine to share with the world.
When will this insanity end I cried.
‘Ashvin Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Blippy, said in a blog post early Monday that as a result of the breach the company plans to hire a CSO, conduct regular third-party security audits, and install technology that strips out sensitive information from Blippy posts…’
Clearly a rocket scientist that man.
Carlton
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