[This is really somewhat vile. --Declan] --- From: "Thomas Leavitt" <thomasleavittat_private> To: "Declan McCullagh" <declanat_private> 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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