Lots of talk about spam around here lately. It is a really interesting topic. Spam is so annoying, yet at the same time it is crucial not to overreact because spam is a byproduct of the free internet. The only way to really stop it is to do something like only allowing registered and trackable devices to connect to the internet. So I've always seen anti-spam tactics as the most likely route for someone to use who wanted to control the internet - who could argue they don't want to stop spam? It's not like terrorism or k.p. which are just abstractly bad things; spam is an actual everyday bad thing for almost everyone on the internet.
I think we just have to live with it. It's the noise in the system.
Anyway, here's a funny look at how inventive these horrible people can be:Because GMail (and other popular email clients these days) blocks images by default, porn spammers have now begun to use 1980s style ASCII art in order to get their message across....
I confidently expect to see a renaissance in erotic ASCII art in the coming months.... Now that takes me back to the BBS days.
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I think we just have to live with it. It's the noise in the system.
Anyway, here's a funny look at how inventive these horrible people can be:Now that takes me back to the BBS days.
- jim 12-03-2004 3:04 am