
Captcha's are bad m'kay?
Still not accessible, still breaking the law (Equality Act 2010) when will these people learn?
63 publicly visible posts • joined 19 Apr 2007
This http://alpha.gov.uk/ is the Alpha site
The site linked above is http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ a completely different beast
The design is sound, and it's an alpha, not a finished, polished design.
The coding is sound, and, see above...
The content is sound, and, etc.
Wait for the Beta before you wade in too heavily...
1. there are no adds on the ICO site.
2. they may not be able to count 'visitors' but they can still count page requests and impressions
3. that was two more things...
All the tracking you need can be done by yourself, without cookies, has no-one heard of server logs?
...unless of course your business relies on targeted advertising, as noted above, the ICOs doesn't.
I got one of those...
this was the copy
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TAX RETURN FOR THE YEAR 2010
RECALCULATION OF YOUR TAX REFUND
HMRC 2010-2011
LOCAL OFFICE No. 3819
TAX CREDIT OFFICER: Lisa Frank
TAX REFUND ID NUMBER: 381716209
REFUND AMOUNT: 244.79 GBP
Dear Applicant,
The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and as
applicable, copyright in these is reserved to HM Revenue & Customs.
Unless expressly authorised by us, any further dissemination or
distribution of this email or its attachments is prohibited.
If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please reply to
inform us that you have received this email in error and then delete it
without retaining any copy.
I am sending this email to announce: After the last annual calculation of
your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a
tax refund of 244.79 GBP
You have attached the tax return form with the TAX REFUND NUMBER ID: 381716209,
complete the tax return form attached to this message.
After completing the form, please submit the form by clicking the SUBMIT
button on form and allow us 5-9 business days in order to process it.
Our head office address can be found on our web site at HM Revenue & Customs: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk
Sincerely,
Lisa Frank
HMRC Tax Credit Office
Preston
TAX REFUND ID: UK381716209-HMRC
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There was an attached .zip file containing a very official looking form
I new there was no way this was from HMRC as I probably owe them tax rather than the other way round
The action on the form posted its contents to http://mybookscity.com/images/lego.php
and there was a hidden email address massimocascio@googlemail.com
I dutifully filled in the form with the details of a Mr Mike Litoris and the email address has been signed up for all sorts of unsavories...
I also reported it to phishing at HMRC.
I've got 9.10 and win 7 installed in dual boot mode on my dell laptop, no problems with the 9.10, win 7 gave me some headaches hunting down drivers for the newer hardware...
but installing any OS is not something for people to take lightly, and should not be done by the man in the street, IMHO.