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WLANs As Spam Conduit

Posted by chrisd on from the spammers-are-still-evil dept.

Saint Aardvark writes "According to this article, a honeypot was recently set up on two wireless LANs. 25% of the connections observed were deliberate, and 71% of those were to send spam. Even more reason to take care of your ether." These statistics should be taken with a salt lick...

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  1. just to be clear... by ilduce · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Post script on my prior note--
    IANAL--
    just so you all know. I didn't want anyone to get in trouble or anything...

  2. One day /. will implode by nickgrieve · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The PATRIOT act is used to define SPAM as terrorism.

  3. Re:Black crime statistics by jhunsake · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thank god I'll be dead by 2100.

  4. I for one don't like it. by Deal-a-Neil · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We have to pay an additional $1.75 per MONTH for this new "number portability". Listen, at the end of the day, I don't feel bound to my cell phone number. Hell, it helps me weed out the people that I don't want to have it. I think this should be an option for each consumer -- you make the decision when you sign up, as to whether or not you want to keep that number, not some mandate across the board. That's another $21.00 a year for something I give two craps about.

  5. the Salt Lick by deflood · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... mmmm Salt Lick BBQ