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Mapping the Spam

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-impressive dept.

demaria writes "The folks at cluelessmailers.org have made a map of spam. It shows the relationships among spammers and other entities (legitimate or not), including organizations that track spam, advertises with, shares addresses, emails through, and all sorts of other data. I can't imagine how hard it was to put this together, it looks like a giant circuit design layout, but shows just how big and interwoven the spam problem is."

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  1. Map of Spam by CaffeineAddict2001 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The country of spam is surrounded by the "White Gelatin Coast", it is divided into various sovereign mystery meat nations. How this country was formed is unknown and best left a mystery.

  2. When I first read the story title... by dmarien · · Score: 5, Funny

    I got this sick feeling of joy, and the hairs on the back of my stood up... Maps to the companies which send out spam?

    I'm driving to each and every one of em, and hurling bricks through their windows...

    errr wait...

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    1. Re:When I first read the story title... by Phrogman · · Score: 5, Funny

      Place a note on each brick stating "This is not an unsolicited brick, according to US Statue..."

      :D

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  3. Re:Spam will be gone, in 100 years. by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 3, Funny

    . I wonder if we can use this map to somehow take out spam.

    Sorry dude, but nuking spammers doesn't work.

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  4. attention script kiddies, hackers, crackers, etc by paradesign · · Score: 5, Funny
    alright men (or otherwise) heres the battleplan,
    you have the map,
    weve located the enemy,
    now take them out!

    do it for the good of the net, and may the Force be with you.

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  5. Damn, that's some map! by FreeLinux · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not only is it huge. Not only is it /.ed. But, it also made X11 run my CPU utilization up to a steady 97%.

  6. Re:Too complicated by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Simple version:

    Greedy Idiots --> Internet --> You

  7. It's a palindrome by squarefish · · Score: 5, Funny

    spam maps

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  8. This map is incomplete by dbc001 · · Score: 4, Funny


    The map is incomplete - I don't see Bernard Shifman on there anywhere

  9. Thanks! by AtariDatacenter · · Score: 5, Funny

    I forwarded it to all my coworkers, plus a few people that I don't know, but I have their email address. ;)

  10. I mapped SPAM once... by huckda · · Score: 3, Funny

    Turned out to look like 2 pieces of white bread with Miracle Whip spread on them, along with 2 pink colored, slightly rectangular shapes about 1cm think...unfortunately there is no screenshot or url to link to because the mapping was consumed shortly after constructed.

    --Huck

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  11. Re:He thinks the problem is spam by fishbowl · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I can't imagine how hard it was to put this together, it looks like a giant circuit design layout, but shows just how big and interwoven the spam problem is."

    Truly spoken by someone who has never seen a sexchart.

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  12. Re:Where's the Asian spammers? by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: 4, Funny
    After spending £400,000 on research, I can now reveal that "They are in Asia",

    WIth a big enough research grant, I might be able to uncover more details.

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  13. Kevin Bacon by Static242 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did anyone see Kevin Bacon's name on that map? I bet you could draw a link through association to him. Once that is done the map will be complete. Then we will know that Kevin controls that too.

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  14. Re:Quit Moderating My Posts!!! Please! by toupsie · · Score: 4, Funny
    I just got moderated overrated, underrated and funny in one go. In my book, that qualifies as spam.

    You think that is bad. I just "Trolled" myself according to a moderator on the parent post.

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