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All in all, TDB gives punters a very, very, very wide space to comment in but we won’t bother with out right lies or gleeful malice. We leave that to the Herald comment section.
EDITORS NOTE: – By the way, here’s a list of shit that will get your comment dumped. Sexist abuse, homophobic abuse, racist abuse, anti-muslim abuse, transphobic abuse, Chemtrails, 9/11 truthers, Qanon lunacy, climate deniers, anti-fluoride fanatics, anti-vaxxer lunatics, 5G conspiracy theories, the virus is a bioweapon, some weird bullshit about the UN taking over the world and ANYONE that links to fucking infowar.
Internet and all that stuff has made our lives more precarious and vulnerable to crime of various sorts. This must lead to a reevaluation of using it. The more tech is ued the more that earlier and more secure systems fall into abeyance.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/537031/fake-holiday-home-listing-remains-online-for-weeks
A woman whose holiday home was at the centre of an online scam says it has taken weeks for the host site to take the property off-line.
Kellie Walker noticed her six-bedroom holiday home in Orewa was on the Booking.com website in October, but she had never listed it on that site.
She told the site about the scam listing, but says nothing happened for weeks, until she contacted media about the issue.
Booking.com said it had closed the listing as a precautionary measure.
Walker told Checkpoint that she contacted the bogus lister, asking to view the house before she rented.
“There was no number to call, only an email, but he told me he could not let me see the house because it was booked with guests, and if I wanted to, I could pay a deposit with a link he sent through and then we’ll organise a viewing, and if I don’t like the house then I will get fully refunded if I didn’t want to go ahead with the booking.”…
Nicholas Boyack wrote good obituaries. He died 17 November 2024 RIP. He was a dedicated journalist.
https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360498882/obituary-nicholas-boyack-loved-telling-peoples-life-stories-his
https://uhconnection.co.nz/general-news/reporter-nicholas-boyack-died-on-sunday-afternoon-aged-63/
Upper Hutt Connection…