Re: OT: GMail and Spam
From: gcash (gcash_at_cfl.rr.com)
Date: 03/22/05
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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 04:04:22 GMT
henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer) writes:
> These ideas, and a lot of other naive anti-spam concepts, neglect the fact
> that a lot of spam now comes via hijacked machines. These are legitimate
> machines, with legitimate network access and legitimate credentials, which
> happen to be no longer under the full control of their owners. So the
> spammers aren't getting the bills, and they have an essentially unlimited
> supply of CPU cycles at their disposal.
Yeah, but it at least finally provides some sort of incentive for these idiots
to start paying attention to security. The only time Aunt Tilly will care
about "that virus thing" is when she gets a bill for $150.
The only reason people care now about spyware and viruses is it makes their
computer slow, or crash, or they lose data. You need to hit them in the
pocketbook.
Somebody has to smack the idiots with a clue-bat.
-gc
-- Never losing sight of your goal usually results in getting brained by a hockey stick.
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