How Extortr WorksWell, it had to happen sometime. Someone finally noticed that the new era of web interactive-ness that is “Web 2.0” doesn’t exactly mean you have to just do good. Enter the dark side of ‘Web 2.0′: online extortion.

Extortr lets you upload incriminating evidence (photos, videos) and set your price. An anonymous email gets sent to the target, and if they don’t pay up to your demands by the deadline, the evidence goes public. So far it seems to be popular with the brits, since the ransoms are all being listed in pounds.
Expect to see these guys become very popular, very quickly, both in the online community and with law enforcement.

edit: OK, so the site is actually a joke, albeit one that is a pretty good idea. What’s really sad is that this site addresses what most “2.0″ sites should be doing: providing a new, better, more efficient service than 1.0. Most sites that claim to be 2.0 are all effects and graphics.

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