Re: FTC files complaint against "Bogus ComputerScan Software" makers

[Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>]

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 06:10:10PM -0500, Alex Eckelberry wrote:
> I don't know how many dealings you've had with the FTC, but we've had a
> fair amount of interaction with their staff. 

Interesting.  What have they had to say about "Spammin' Stu" Sjouwerman of
Sunbelt Software, who not only had the audacity to spam (hardly uncommon)
but did so in part in order to hawk a product called "IHateSpam"?
(See redacted and de-HTML-ized spample below.)

*You* seem like a capable guy, Alex, and as far as I can tell, your actions
in the Julie Amero case were exemplary.  But Sunbelt Software is permanently
blacklisted here, along with every other so-called "anti-spam" vendor
that used/uses spam -- about two dozen so far.  Those companies who are
deliberately making the spam problem worse in order to profit don't belong
on the Internet.

---Rsk


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