January 18th, 2006
Tell Them You Have an STD with inSPOT, the Annonymous Online STD Reporting Service
By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
Maybe I’m old and jaded, or just too old to do more than stare at a new online service called “inSPOT” that lets you notify sex partners by an annonymous and very edgy-looking email greeting card, to let them know that oh by the way, I have an STD. On the one hand annonymous notification could save someone’s life, but on the other, this method seems like a perfect target for scary hoaxes, or just outright disbelief. Plus, it eerily resembles the logo and marketing for the rip-off inPulse pay as you go calling service from Verizon. Coincidence?
Our Question: If you got one of these, would you even believe it?
Alice Adds: I love the use of the failed wireless Palm Pilot as the communication device in the graphic. Whoever designed this particular inSPOT card wasn’t up on tech!
Jimmy says:
I see visions of the next version of the I love you virus, the STD virus, otherwise known as outlook herpes!
January 18th, 2006 at 11:42 pm
Alice says:
I know. The idea was good but the execution is tricky and so is the timing with spam overload and viruses and on and on.
January 19th, 2006 at 12:11 am