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Category Archives: Media

Abusable tell-a-friend scripts considered harmful

21-Oct-11

Many websites provide so-called tell-a-friend forms allowing visitors to recommend a page to an acquaintance. Unfortunately, fraudsters and other spammers constantly abuse such forms.

Retrieving basic registration and taxation information about Finnish businesses

08-Jan-11

VIES: validates VAT numbers but may get addresses wrong The European Commission operates the VAT Information Exchange System (VIES), a web-based service that appears to be quite good at its intended task, which is VAT number validation. However, attempts at using VIES as a directory of postal addresses may produce inaccurate results.