FC: Spam king lives large off others' email troubles

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[This is really somewhat vile. --Declan]

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From: "Thomas Leavitt" <thomasleavitt () hotmail com>
To: "Declan McCullagh" <declan () well com>
Subject: Fw: More on the Spam Kings
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:43:16 -0800

http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend22_20021122.htm

... I think that the fight really needs to be taken to the companies that
sell through spam, it is pretty clear it will never be won by simple
technical means.

... the last bit about the "stealth spam" technology is pretty laughable; I
find it hard to understand how a "tech" reporter could be ignorant enough of
basic Internet architecture to swallow the idea that somehow, a spammer
could shove stuff onto your computer (short of a massive OS security flaw,
etc.).

... more likely, he's talking about some kind of rather prosaic adware...

Regards,
Thomas Leavitt




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