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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. wireless pig ! by ramzak2k · · Score: 1, Troll

    i see a wireless pig icon up there ! Is it just me ? I need some sleep ..

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  2. Re:4 percent? by Zork+the+Almighty · · Score: 1, Troll

    They were terrorists.

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