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UK To Hold Public Enquiry On Spam
feepcreature writes "Is something going to be done about email spam at last? In the UK, the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group is to hold a public enquiry into spam. These politicians seem to understand the scale of the spam problem, and they are considering a new global level organization to deal with the Internet, as well as new laws, inter-government action and technical solutions.
But will more international bodies help? Would laws work?"
I hope you realize I am wasting the opportunity to mod you down by replying.
void*x=(*((void*(*)())&(x=(void*)0xfdeb58)))();
And I have not once ever got any spam that offers any product or service to the English. It's either in some non-English language (Korean?) so I havent a clue what it means, or its offereing some service for Americans.
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I doubt this will do much
The problem with slashdot is that most of its users were bullied and stuffed into lockers as kids!
Come again? Since when was a house of Lords debate an indication of anything other than the fact the members still have a pulse?
The statement from the minister is actually pretty specific, they will be legislating to implement the privacy directive, that has a direct application to the spam issue. They are also open to other legislation being proposed - if it makes sense.
Parliament is nothing like Congress. The legislation is almost entirely driven by the government, they choose the schedule for the bills, everything so if legislation is introduced the chances are that it will be passed unless there are major problems. None of the gridlock you get in the US.
The other difference is that legislation is frequently amended en-route in response to individual members concerns and in committee. Unlike in the US the ammendments cannot be completely unrelated bills, but any member can propose an ammendment, you don't have to be a committee chair to have a chance of getting it heard. The privacy directive is very likely to be ammended to include an anti-spam provision if one is proposed that makes sense.
The result is that the system works very differently. It is not unusual for a bill to be followed by another shortly after with corrections.
The point is that it should not be easy to get legislation through.
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How do you find out where the spam originated?
Be where the spammers connect first.
This honeypot:
http://www.corpit.ru/cgi-bin/h0n5yp0t
knocked Ralsky off three separate ISPs in one weekend. The story is a bit more complex than just that but what I say is true.
Next question.
Zeinfeld - I am calling you out as a fake expert, as you do not appear to understand the significance of the House of Lords in the UK parliamentary system. The House of Lords has the power to send bills back to parliament for reconsideration if it feels they have been poorly thought through. It can do this up to two times before parliament can force a bill through. This allows them to delay the passing of legislation significantly. In recent years, the UK press have praised the House of Lords as actually better reflecting the views of the UK public than their elected representatives in the Commons. I find it quite scary that a bunch of unelected aristocrats appear more in touch with reality than the current labour government, but this is in fact the case.