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More then likely, quickly change the password and e-mail so that the person is locked out of their account. - Matthew Arevalo

That is one reason why I turn off all email and SMS on all systems. - Robert Scoble

We realized it because Maryam got the message from him. - Robert Scoble

This is one of the reasons why I wont be clicking on any more shortened URLs through Twitter or any other service for a while. - Gaurav Patel

What can be done to put a stop to this, if anything? - Brandon Mendelson

maybe this could push for the short urls services to start showing the 'real' url they point to, as http://www.longurlplease.com/ do - Carl Grint

DM the person it came from and tell them to change their password... It will block access to the account by the Phisher... - Brian Roy

@Brandon nothing needs "to be done" - this is 100% attributable to user error. the phish attack happens from followers that people don't really know, and only when the user clicks on a link sent via email, and only when the user doesn't look at the link they are about to click on... - Jeremy Toeman

There was a warning posted when you logged into twitter just the other day warning about this exact thing. As much as sites like friend feed are great for the amalgamation of your social network streams you do loose valuable data like this when you don't log into the actual site. - Christopher Mercer

@Gaurav Why would short URLs be a problem? Just look at what the actual address is when you click through... - Matthew Arevalo

What needs to be done, is for the FBI, and their counterparts, to make a few examples with vicious prosecution. The sum total of loss because some scum bag(s) can't function within societal norms, is immeasurable. It's time. - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

@Jeremy I haven't found this to be true with the DM Phishes I have received (re: people you don't know). I agree with @Ed's statement that we can do something about this by prosecuting (if they are American, a big if) those responsible. It would be nice to see a service using the Twitter API to keep track of this. There sure was a fast enough reply to the idiotic authority-based Twitter search idea ... - Brandon Mendelson

I also got a DM from @pscoble with the link. I'm glad that FF has tinyURL mouseovers that reveal the actual link. I'm not clicking on any TinyURL links on Twitter for a while. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Agreed. Shortened URLs can be scary -- really have to trust the sender when the snipping service doesn't offer a preview feature such as http://preview.tinyurl.com ... there is a cookie setting available as well which will autopreview any TinyURL you try to goto. Incidentally TinyURL's Terms of Use states:"Using it for spamming or illegal purposes is forbidden and any such use will result in the TinyURL being disabled and you may be reported to all ISPs involved and to the proper governmental agencies." - RandaL Hicks

Now I think more people will understand why tinyurl was selected to be the default url shortener for twitter. Go to preview.tinyurl.com and turn it on. - April Russo (app103)

Cool! I did not know about the TinyURL preview feature. Just enabled it. Thanks for the tip RandaL. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Yeah, I just got a DM from Patrick Scoble at 1:37pm EST today... I ignored that... bummer - Susan Beebe

Here's what happened to me: http://friendfeed.com/e... - David Cook

i just got phished too, but firefox blocked it, so i believe i am safe for now... hard to tell though because it was from a twitter friend - Kevin Buckstiegel from twhirl

The US is the biggest for spam, not phishers. Phishers would be easily prosecutable even under existing laws. The Russians are believe to be responsible for 50% of phishing. - John Rubier from twhirl

@Matthew: I hear you, however if I see a link, I want to click on it - I don't want to check if it's safe, that takes too much time. Imagine doing that for every shortened URL you wanted to click on. Just look at first 10 Twitter posts by your friends, then imagine checking them all. - Gaurav Patel

What I would love to see happen is what RandaL Hicks mentioned, some kind of URL/site preview before being redirected by the shortened URL provider to the actual site. http://www.nsfw.in/ does this well and by default, TinyURL and others do not (afaik) by default, but you can provide a preview URL which is longer though and defeats the purpose. - Gaurav Patel

Looks like the tainted blog has been removed by the BlogSpot administrators, or at least one of them has (http://rosalierebyb.blogspot.com/). I happened to have got one of the DMs from orionstarr, and promptly deleted it, after informing him. - Tyson Key

I just sent a direct message to a friend letting him know that his account had been hacked and was sending out phishing links. The hacker responded to me "fixed it.. hehe here is that blog i wanted to show you: (another phishing link)" - LA Snark

@Jack at LA Snark - I got one of those "fixed it" DMs too, after Twittering with an @reply to the person who's account the 1st DM originated from. - Tyson Key

msnbc - Peter Ghosh

CNN. - Justin Long

current.com - Frederic

cnn - Derek van Vliet

CNN - CW™

NY Times - Susan Beebe

current - Bastard Operator From FF

CNN - Cheryl

CNN - Tamara J.

CNN - Kevin Buckstiegel

CNN - Malini

CSPAN - Anika

MSNBC (they don't interrupt with any graphics) - JSNFLMNG

PBS - Cee Bee

Yep, MSNBC is the best to watch. - Mathew™ one of a kind

Ohhh yeah .....CNN HD - Malini

Good old CBS - Jennifer Marie Sandbank

Hulu - Vince DeGeorge

MSNBC - Mark Trapp

ABC - Jordan Hofker

MSNBC - Kathleen Anderson

MSNBC - EricaJoy

Leaving CNN, analyst scorecards are painful - Marko Bon

CNN - Melissa

Current. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Potus 08 on XM - Katy S

I'm a child of the 80s and remember all of these cartoons. I loved GI Joe and Duck Tales! - Alan Le

I disagree with number 1, tho!!! - Mona Nomura

+1 for Snorks! - Steve Isaacs

I hated the Duck Tales! - Trish R

Michelle I loved the Snorks too!!!! - Carmen

Out of those I mostly watched Transformers and GI Joe...Poor Cobra Commander never won anything - Alex Scoble

She-ra isn't on there . . . this list is wrong - Lindsey is Fierce!

yep. - Anika

Missing Star Blazers. - AJ Kohn

Voltron rocked.. but Transformers at 6???? :) - Tim Hoeck

Smurfs? - Her Lindsay-ness

That's what I'm saying. - Mona Nomura

What about Dungeons and Dragons? - Trish R

Click link? @Trish? Minus cool points LOL - Mona Nomura

I lose cool points for watching Dungeons and Dragons yet Duck Tales is on that list? Pffffffffffffffffffffffffftttttt. - Trish R

Hey - what's wrong with Duck Tales?! :| - Mona Nomura

Honorable mentions...M.A.S.K., Care Bears, Danger Mouse, Roger Ramjet, Inspector Gadget, Mysterious Cities of Gold, Robotech, Snorks and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Johnny Worthington

Inspector Gadget AND TMNT = 90's, no? - Mona Nomura

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987-96) & Inspector Gadget (1982-86) - Johnny Worthington

jem isn't even on there. pffft. - Anika

Mona, I was an early adopter :P - Johnny Worthington

We were just talking about Voltron at lunch yesterday. Who thinks the "car" Voltron was just as good as the "cat" one? My hypoth. is that there were just too many cars, and having 5 lions was just enough :) - Stu Andrews

Also, let us never forget (even though it's so slow and hard to watch now) Star Blazers and Battle of the Planets. - Stu Andrews

I didn't care for Voltron as it was too formulaic...Which is odd as I liked the A-Team and GI Joe...But the whole, we are gonna throw the kitchen sink at the monster in every episode, but oh no, that won't kill it (except for that one episode that had TWO monsters)...we always have to take out the sword last...Why couldn't they just take out the sword first and be done with it! - Alex Scoble

Stu, I had both Voltrons (*cough*... still do *cough*)... agree, Vehicle had too many 'parts'. - Johnny Worthington

Great to see Voltron #1, but He-Man should be #2 :) - Kevin Buckstiegel from twhirl

Alex, with great power comes great responsibility... :P - Johnny Worthington

John: Nice! I'm using a rubbery plastic lion voltron in The Plastic Detectives (http://theplasticdetectives.com), Second Episode - Stu Andrews

And Astroboy! Where is he!!?? - Stu Andrews

I think a guy wrote this article because there's no rainbow brite, gem, etc. Not that I watch any those cartoons. Were the ninja turtles 80s or 90s? what about tinytoons? - Alan Le

Alan... Tiny Toons (and Anamanicas) were both 90s :) - Johnny Worthington

Brian: Ahhh, 7 Zark 7, there's just not enough of his wisdom in this world today :) - Stu Andrews

Nobody mentions Burt Raccoon? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... was it just a UK thing? Don't forget SuperTed, that taught children it was acceptable to name your friends after prominent physical handicaps ;) Oh and it's difficult to swim in coin pools, but possible. Thanks Scrooge McDuck - Steven Cains

I still don't think Voltron should be number one. >:( - Mona Nomura

Stu, I was thinking the same thing about Astro-boy - Duncan Riley

what happened to the SilverHawks? - Sean Oliver