The post below was written in response to one of my group's members who believes that one of his accounts has been compromised. It's cross-posted here and elsewhere because:

1. I get tired of re-writing these types of 101s.
2. I don't need tons of .txt files taking up my valuable hard drive space.

Thanks for the alert. There's far more to keylogging and brute force cracking than stated in the initial post. The info below is written for everyone's benefit. Online security and privacy affects us all. A compromised account is a potential liability which can extend far beyond the scope of a single individual.

Script kiddies are a dime a dozen, and easy to thwart. One simple, common sense approach is to have a single email address which is used exclusively for online account registrations and NOTHING else. Protect this info diligently and never post it publicly anywhere!

Personal email - communications between folks with whom one actually wants to interact - are best managed from yet another separate email account, ideally through a different host than the one used for account registrations. Make it implicitly clear to your personal contacts that mass forwards and other nonsense are not appreciated. Each stranger who gets access to either your personal or registrations-only addresses increases EVERY listed recipient's liability exponentially.

A third separate email account is suggested for online group items such as eDigests and newsletters. Since most groups generally tend to be lax on protection of members' info, including visibility of email addys, expect at least a little spam.

All email accounts should have full message headers enabled. This gives pertinent info such as IP addresses to and from, and other server/handling data. Note: Gmail does NOT have full header display controls! Other email hosts' controls can usually be accessed through one's Account Options section. Check your email provider's Help/FAQ documentation for specific info.

By far, the most effective means of protecting any internet account is through the use of strong passwords. These should be at least eight characters in length and contain both letters and numerals (alpha-numeric). Passwords are CaSe SeNsItIvE and most keyloggers used by one's garden variety script kiddie are usually not sophisticated enough to detect use of the Caps Lock key. When formulating your password, hit the Caps Lock key, enter your desired password, then hit Caps Lock once more to toggle it off again. Once your password is set you will have to use this keying sequence every time you log on. Using the Caps Lock strategy is simple and really doesn't take long to become habit, honest.

Hope these tips help. Need more? Just shout.

Namaste' - Chris / fugi

If you're already familiar with Project Playlist and its player, please pardon a brief review of the basics. However, if you want to know how to reclaim some usable real estate on your Multiply "Welcome" module, then this tutorial is for you!

Your player can be placed in it's logical module: Music. Check it out...

Select the code for MySpace.

Next,  choose which playlist you want to feature on your player. [multiple lists sample]

Then, select your player's options. The sample player on this group's main page was configured with the basic black skin, a set song order (vs. random shuffle), and manual start (vs. auto play).

Now it's time to copy the code...

Ready for the magic?

On your Multiply main page, access the "Customize" function. Next, click "Edit" on the Music module. Paste your player code in the title box. Finally, hit "Done" at the top of your page. Voila!

From the en2go™ main page:

en2go is a new media company full of unique technology, and entertainment.
Our team consists of world-renown and eccentric programmers, producers, and
entertainment moguls who have come together to create the internet dream machine.

I've been following the developments of en2go™ since late last summer. Their "world-renown and eccentric" team does merit this self-description, believe it. However, en2go™ is far from being about their team's much deserved bragging rights.

On October 2, 2007 John Draper stated that he wanted to "open up a discussion on better and more fair ways of distributing music." Independent musicians might want to keep tabs on John's MySpace blog entry for further developments. Please respect his need to focus on the en2go™ project rather than having his time consumed with deleting tons of "w00t" and "ur teh rulz!" types of replies.

en2go™ visitors seeking company information will want to
direct their attention to the en2go™ investor center.