NYT Reports Porn Spam Hijacking Network

twitter writes "This NYT story describes how thousands of PCs have been used as porn spambots and reverse proxy servers, and mentions that they could be used for kiddie porn. Finally, though Microsoft is not mentioned, people might start to understand what a monoculture of poor quality software enables."

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Re:Flamebait

[Tyrion Xavier]

These guys? Are you referring to the editors? If you are, the editors are known for adding short blurbs to the end of an article write-up which is usually just trolling. The editors honestly believe they are better than most everyone who posts on Slashdot - look at how they treat people who challenge the way things are done. People are modded off-topic and their past comments are also bitchslapped into oblivion. The editors carry vendettas and hate to see anyone voice an opinion that is contrary to what they think.

And as far as submitting stories goes - I think you missed the point. Anyone could have submitted this story without the flamebait tacked on the end but the editors are going to choose the one to post that has that flamebait. There is no way to be part of the solution by submitting stories because ultimately, the editors are just going to ignore the voices of anyone who actually uses some decent journalism techniques.

Calling people's comments worthless? That's nice.