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In Pursuit Of A Spammer

Posted by timothy on from the come-the-revolution dept.

Kyle writes "Over at DSL Reports, We are currently pursuing a spammer from the West Palm Beach, Florida area. This wouldn't normally be news, but we think Slashdot readers may be interested in just how successful we have been. What's more interesting is that the spammer appears to be posting in the thread."

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  1. cool by squarefish · · Score: 5, Interesting

    he has an email newsletter. Let's all sign up!

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  2. Re:I have said it before and I will say it again.. by Audent · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yes, sadly every time I go online it costs me money. Telecom NZ sells its badwidth dearly - 20 cents/MB when I exceed my limit (each month I get a whopping 1000MB to play with to my heart's content. Weehee!). It's not much but as the number of spam I get increases so do my costs. Directly. I'm not billing for my time to open them all, my electricity to power the PC or any other stuff.
    It's not just spam, it's any unsolicited use of my bandwidth - and yes, viruses should be included too.

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  3. How is this successful? by BillYak · · Score: 5, Interesting

    All they have done so far is make a lot of links from one site/organization to another. There has been no action against the spammer. They are not certain of his real name nor his address. I think its great that they're tracking him down, but I would not go so far as to say they have been successful.

  4. The Spammer is in big trouble by fugu13 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Notably, the most fervent researcher on the forum (Ameritec Tech) has discovered that the spammer was violating several people's copyrights. One of those people has replied and stated they are taking legal action against the spammer immediately for the violation.

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  5. Re:I have said it before and I will say it again.. by kien · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Bill,

    It's unfortunate that your comments were modded down to -1. Given the opportunity, I would have modded your statements Interesting even though I disagree with you.

    It's their right to send it and it's your right to block it.

    This really drills down to the core issue of spam: money. Based upon what I've read on the subject, I (via my subscription fee) am subsidizing the cost of a spammer's business. I welcome any evidence that contradicts this, but until that time I would analogize your statement as follows: "It is their right to barge into your home and shove an ad in your face and it's your right to stop them....and by the way, this process will cost you $$."

    That kind of thinking doesn't work because I can't legally put a bullet into a spammer's head. One's right to free speech ends at my doorstep. Any alternative interpretation of the First Amendment opens up a number of conflicts with the Fourth Amendment.

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