e-book spam

[dontpanicbobby]

Has anyone else ever experienced this? I just went through my FB Reader Library and found a title called Massive Natural Mammorys. Turns out it's e-book spam with links to 3gp and Mp4 videos but thankfully no pictures. This is the weirdest approach to porn spam I've ever seen. And just in case you're wondering, no I haven't been to any porn sites on my Note 3.

 

[zuben el genub]

New approach to spam? Since it's open source, can anyone piggyback ads onto an ebook?

 

[dontpanicbobby]

I think it's from an app I downloaded early Monday morning. I've got Network Connections actively logging in case it happens again.

 

[dibblebill]

Rise of predatory, parasitic spambooks - Boing Boing


At any rate, I've NEVER had it happen in Play Books/Kindle, but I don't use Facebook Library, if that's what FB is.

 

[zuben el genub]

FB reader is NOT Facebook or related to it. It's an open source project that is free to use. It works on all platforms. I prefer Creative Commons books, and it does open those Epubs.

 

[dibblebill]

Ah, okay. I'l have to look into it, then. I get my eBooks from a variety of sources. I use Moon Reader atm, but will look into FB Reader.