Finding anything interesting?

So I was looking at Statcounter this morning (as I do when I've made a few postings - even trying to fly under the local radar I'm an attention hound), and taking a look at where my blog viewers are coming from in the world. Mostly it's a curiosity factor - since I've selected the blog to not be indexed or listed on Google, most hits are coming from friends via Facebook (with a few outside viewers from Blogger's "recently updated" listing).

For yesterday's postings, I saw numerous viewings from a corporate entity in McLean, VA - an international law firm I won't name, but that struck me as odd that they were viewing all of them. They've looked at the before, and I thought it might be someone I knew who'd been a 3rd year at UB last year and was now employed by said firm.

However, I looked at the browser type they were using, and it was listed as "Ripper 0".

I'm not the most technologically advanced guy out there (my cutting edge knowledge peaked about four years ago), but I'd never heard of it. So I searched on Google, and found that it is exactly what it claims to be in the name - it "rips" text, graphics, html code...pretty much everything...and copies it onto the local computer.

Hmmmmm...now why would they be doing that? Aside from the two Stereophonics YouTube videos, there's no graphics. And there's no pictures. Only...text. And who might find that interesting enough to have an attorney look at it?

Right...quick search...and the parent company of my employer is based not far from McLean, VA. Coincidence?

I find this more interesting than worrying, for the following reasons:

1 - I have never directly named my employer.

2 - I have never (and will never) say anything derogatory about my employer.

3 - I have been intentionally vague when talking about borrower conversations to make sure I will not run afoul of disclosure laws.

4 - I have been vague enough about the nature of what can be offered for programs in order to protect the financial interests of my employer.

5 - *waves* Y'all are reading this and keeping track, right? Stay cool

I've always told people as a computer person in schools to never post anything/send an email you wouldn't want posted on your office door. I've tried to apply this to the blog as well, and have only not listed general Google searching to avoid someone local at the office finding it and having that awkward discussion.

So, we'll see. And to the legal employees out in that beautiful high-rise in Virginia: let me know if you find anything interesting. Glad you're enjoying it enough to keep coming back.