Spam vs Spam? 2

[Dimandja]

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/cd592a7a-433e-11d9-bea1-00000e2511c8.html

 

[Dimandja]

The plot thickens: "[...]some Internet service providers blocked the makelovenotspam site,[...]":

http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/groupware/story/0,10801,98039,00.html

 

[Dollie]

Seems that this screen saver is just a fancy version of Spam Vampire.

 

[MasterRacker]

Now the site's down completely. Seems the spammers turned it back on Lycos andthey were spamming themselves. (Definitley a good illustration of the law of unintended consequences.)

http://www.theregister.com/2004/12/03/lycos_antispam_site_offline/

(Of course, it would be good to know who thought this was a good idea in the first place.)


Jeff
The future is already here - it's just not widely distributed yet...

 

[Dimandja]

End of an adventure in vigilantism?

 

[ttmac]

And some side effects: -

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/10070