If you've ever shopped for a game, a toy, clothes, household items -- even hard to find items, then odds are you've been to Ebay.
But did you know you can also find pornography there, even if you're not looking for it?
One 4-year-old's father found that out the hard way when the two searched the word "games" trying to find one he might like for his birthday. The search yielded at least five ads for pornography, all of them were very graphic.
His parents say Ebay should be more responsible with it's website and in the very least warn parents that graphic pictures like those can pop up at anytime on their site.
"You would think if something like that's going to pop up, there'd be some kind of warning or something to warn you that's going to happen," said Marie Sassin, who for now, has given up on Ebay.
The family alerted ebay to the problem. The pictures were eventually removed, but they were quickly replaced with new ones, and they're just as graphic. NewsChannel 19 has also contacted Ebay. They have no phone number, but an e-mail said a response could take up to 72 hours. We'll tell you what they have to say when it comes.
And ya know what? I research the news pretty thoroughly every day, by date listed and relevance. Also visit a wide array of ebaY related sites.
I find 99 listings, or news reports, all identical, for things like Britneys hair or soul, but nary a peep about anything like this til one week later.
budnonymous wrote: And ya know what? I research the news pretty thoroughly every day, by date listed and relevance. Also visit a wide array of ebaY related sites.
I find 99 listings, or news reports, all identical, for things like Britneys hair or soul, but nary a peep about anything like this til one week later.
SHAMEFULL!!!
-- Edited by budnonymous at 17:56, 2007-03-21
Someone on T&S is again complaining about porn showing up tonight.
If ebay can't keep control over it's content they should at least have to register as a porn site and fly warning banners so families that don't want to see IT don't have to be surprised.
There have been hundreds of listings show up today, with "fisting", and fellatio.
HARDCORE PORN!
Absolutely the worst.
EbaY's (and their enabler's) constant excuse of "must be 18 has no weight.
If you are sitting there with your young child, picking out barbie dolls or disney toys, or whatever, THEY still see "IT", which I doubt a liot of parents want.
When is SOMETHING going to be done?
They should, (or SOMEONE should) SHUT DOWN THAT VULGAR, SCAM INFESTED WEBSITE!!!
Then try to fix "IT"
Meg was quoted about "fixing on the fly" or something along those lines, Well, That is WRONG in this case.
How much of our nations money is flowing overseas to scammers?
Or; Is ebaY profiting somehow?
Because that may/could be the reason IT continues, if IT is in ebaY's best interest.
Like the chinese BIN bandit scandal from last year, (almost buried now)
Another example of porn on ebay in early November 2006.
Also, note that just because more and more reports and postings about the porn constantly on ebay appear to have subsided somewhat, do not believe that it is gone, OH! no!...not by a long shot.
This is one issue I will make sure does not get buried. (OK, so it is one of many...)
I will say this report from eweek.com never got the exposure it deserved. This was buried under page after page after page of silly reports about britneys hair for sale, dogs named britney's hair for sale, toast with images of beavis, ...whatever.
Of course, ebay has also been powerless to stop the hijacker-hackers from listing more and more porn pics, albeit very soft-core this time. The hacker hijackers are creative, if not outright humourous, (in a way) yes?
Some different sort of text message in the listing body.
"Due to eBay's policy for adult content, the description for this auction will appear after 5 minutes since you entered this auction. Therefore, if you want your username and password for the largest adult site you must wait for 5 minutes within this site (DO NOT CLOSE THIS WINDOW AS YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 5 MINUTES AFTER YOU ENTER AGAIN). From time to time (20 seconds) you should refresh the page (by pressing F5 button on your keyboard or by clicking on the refresh button of your browser) to check if the description containing your unique access code has appeared.
Thank you for watching and believe me, it's worth every second you've waited due to eBay's policy.
!!!AGAIN DO NOT LEAVE THIS PAGE IF YOU WANT YOUR ACCESS CODE AND KEEP REFRESHING THIS PAGE!!!"
I of course was redirected to a fake sign-in page.
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I have at least 5 or 6 other blog sites and websites, maybe I will just have to post this at all of them. I hate giving up my precious slack time, but this may just go onto youtube as well.
I have at least 5 or 6 other blog sites and websites, maybe I will just have to post this at all of them. I hate giving up my precious slack time, but this may just go onto youtube as well.
Have a Nice Day!
Looks like a couple - three people liked my little slideshow, it was mentioned on...
On the 18th day of April, 2007, ebaY was hacked, whereupon hundreds of the now infamous, ahem, "hooker" auctions were posted, in rapid succession, exposing the nonvalue and non-effectiveness of that new "Proactive Fraud Reduction" policy thingy. This is a parody/documentary of that event. Enhanced with spiffy Web 2.0 Flash and Glam!
Pure Parody, with hacked and chopped sound, here on youtube This is the video version of a slideshow I made. This is part of the ongoing Massive WorldWide Multi-User Hijackings that have been occurring each and every day since at least mid-February on ebaY!
I have also written a couple blog posts about the pornography on ebaY.
This parodizes the so-called "proactive fraud reduction" policy, which STILL does NOT work.
I captured fraudulent, pornographic, hacked listings, from hijacked accounts, showing up on ebay motors in just 1 minute!(or less)
How long does it take a legit listing to show?
The ebay sellers / victims were mr.spinnerbait, and 1shirt52
You can follow the links from my channel page, or google my username "cappnonymous" to view the original slideshow, entitled
"EbaY Hacked! Massive WorldWide Hijackings! The Attack of the "Hookers"!
On my Cappnonymous Buds Blog, at Bravenet. The original slideshow is crystal clear.
The other blog article is entilted "Porn on ebaY ~ Should Consumers Be Offended?" also on my bravenet blog.
There are screen caps and shocking related news articles there, including one on MP3 podcast, from eweek, entitled "Navigating ebay's Shark Filled waters", wherein eWeek Senior Security Editor Lisa Vaas speaks with Genie Livingston about the horrors of ebay.
You can just google it, with the quotes, or go to page 2 of the archives there on my Cappnonymous Buds Blog.
Much of the porno on ebay has been hardcore. I understand thousands of folks from "AR15 DOT com" saw some too. Further, I understand it took days and days before the listings were removed in many cases.
There has even been porn in the toddler category, and all over the whole site. Go the the screencaps in my blog.
I guess the funny part is, is that ebay claims to be safe and trustworthy.
Yep, everything is just peachy at ebay.
Viewers should also be sure to view "Take a Tour on ebay!" video, here on youtube, by member ziggy138, and follow his links as well
BTW, I wonder whether the folks at the place you see in the watermark of the porn photo know that their photos have been used in hacked hijacked fraudulent ebaY motors listings?
Recently, I also captured hacked hijacked listings with photos Carmen Electra in them, portrayed as a "whore", you can see a sample of that in my other video parody, "ebaY inc Vladuz Massive Hack Attack Cover-Up"
This was made with ZDSoft Screenrecorder 2.5, Windows Movie Maker.
Note: I am using firefox 2.003 browser, with adblock plus, noscript, super drag n go, Image Zoom 0.3, and slim search extensions, among others.
The free slideshow I recorded is hosted at imageshack.us
If any members have a desire to view it, PM me , I shall give the url.
The background music is Minnie the Moocher, from the Blues Bros movie. It is really not all that bad, compared with some of the other hooker auctions we have seen
As soon as I find out for sure if that will be allowable on youtube, it will be uploaded there also, in the interest of consumer awareness, and online safety. ---------------------------------------------------------------
Sooooo... I see ebay had another big listing special today, eh?
If any members have a desire to view it, PM me , I shall give the url.
The background music is Minnie the Moocher, from the Blues Bros movie. It is really not all that bad, compared with some of the other hooker auctions we have seen
As soon as I find out for sure if that will be allowable on youtube, it will be uploaded there also, in the interest of consumer awareness, and online safety. ---------------------------------------------------------------
Sooooo... I see ebay had another big listing special today, eh?
That video, showing all the "whore" listings, along with the FF 2.003 warning pop out ballon, instant redirects, and the top level domain of the phishing page on my "bumped"spoofstick, has
gotten nearly 200 hits in one day at one location since uploading.