A Microsoft employee has masochistically kept
every piece of unsolicited email, including viruses, he has every received and
made an interesting chart depicting spam volume over time. (Thanks, Slashdot)
The Human Genome Project may end up helping in the fight against spam.
On a related note, a new spam firewall has been developed.
(Thanks, Slashdot)
I got an email from a site called “Share Your Experiences” saying, “Someone
who knows you is attempting to share experiences opinions and experiences about
you via our website.” At first I was extremely freaked out. I checked the site
and found multiple requests and offers of information about me, professional and
social, for a couple of my email addresses. The idea of people exchanging information
about me anonymously was rather disturbing, mostly because anonymity breeds untruths.
Once I calmed down and was able to reason clearly again, I searched for info about
the site. It seems others have had dealings with these nuts and they seem to just
be scam artists. *whew*
I offer these links as a public service.
Spam from ShareYourExperiences.com
/ Word-Of-Mouth.org
ShareYourExperiences.com:
Nobody is sharing experiences about you
Japan
Forum – shareyourexperiences.com
I hope and pray legislation like this really works.
Porn
Spam Gets Canned
New FTC rule requiring pornographic e-mail to be labeled takes effect.
Paul Roberts, IDG News Service
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
“U.S. e-mail users who have resigned themselves to being shocked by eye-popping pornographic
messages in their inboxes can expect some relief, as federal legislation governing
sexually explicit unsolicited commercial e-mail takes effect.”
Spam
Crackdown Urged
Federal CAN-SPAM law needs aggressive enforcement, senator tells agencies after
progress report.
Grant Gross, IDG News Service
Thursday, May 20, 2004
“WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal government should enforce its new antispam law more
strenuously, says a Senate committee leader, noting that the volume of spam has
risen, not dropped, since the law took effect in January.”
FBI
plans spammer smackdown
Last modified: May 20, 2004, 3:55 PM PDT
By Declan McCullagh
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
” It’s been nearly six months since President Bush signed the first federal spam law
with criminal sanctions–and not one bulk e-mailer has been criminally charged under
it so far.”
Typical government. It seems bad wording has led to the legalization of certain types of spam. Arrrrgh!
Spam Slayer: Why Spammers Love the CAN-SPAM Law
Antispam laws make some spamming legal and do little to quell the onslaught.
Tom Spring, PC World
"The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) law targeting junk e-mail is supposed to lighten our in-box spam load. But scant weeks since the federal law took effect, I’m still getting just as many lame pitches as I did in mid-December."