The curiously named Squijoo (who operate under the slogan “Templates For Photographers and Designers“) came under fire earlier this week and put in the naughty corner after they got caught out in what appears to be systematic copyright abuses and plagiarism infractions.

Specifically, a lot of the ‘original designs’ posted on Squijoo were uncomfortably close to designs posted on other sites. Dramatic, we know, but… that’s not really what I want to talk about here; what I do want to talk about is how incredibly careful you have to be about who you trust online.

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