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Spammer Hangout's Membership Roster Left Exposed
MikeCapone writes "According to an article at Wired News, spammers feel the need to be part of a community too. The Bulk Club is one such community. A message on the site states that it offers, for a $20 monthly fee, a variety of how-to articles, spamming software, a members' message board area, and 300,000 FRESH e-mails/week. Unsurprisingly, the 'Law & Ethics' section is 'Members Only.' The good part is that, because of a glitch, the membership list of this charming organization was left exposed on the website."
SPAM SUX!
CRUCIFY!
I can see how anxious you are to get the first post.
Wow. For all of the dick waving here threatening to take down their site, it still responds incredibly fast. Guess /.'ers are all talk. Sad, really. Either that or these spammers are *really* fucking good.
So you're comparing taking all means necessary to protect your own life and the lives of your loved ones with violating all principals of ethics to keep yourself from having to push the delete button a few times?
I think you need a better sense of perspective.
They're criminals, and they're perpetrating crimes against ME!
No, they're not. As long as they don't forge headers or falsely advertise (under the false advertising laws), they're not breaking the law. Personally, I don't find spams any more annoying than ads on TV, or in the newspaper, or on the web, or by phone, or in the mail, or people handing out fliers on the street. I may be biased because I have a fast connection and don't get much spam (at least, compared to 300/day that some people get).
How much do you pay per month for your internet access? ~30% of that is because of spammers.
That's bullshit. Spammers pay for their bandwidth, and they're sure not using 30% of mine. Mine goes into slashdotting, CVS updates, hosting a web (not mail) server, and online art (no, not *that* kind...) Some people's costs may be higher, but I doubt that most people's are that high. Even if 90% of your mail were spam, you mostly read (and hence download) the 10% that isn't.
I don't mind people taking legal action against illegal spammers, or writing them angry letters. I *do* mind collateral damage (SPEWS), DOSing their servers (except through tarpits; this is a defense and not a counterattack), illegal counter-spamming (Ralsky), and jokes about going on a killing spree.
As bad as spam is, vigilante justice is worse, and it has to end before we can find a solution.
I hereby place the above post in the public domain.
This is your own fault. Frankly, people that get hundreds of spams per day either signed up for tons of mailing lists and don't bother to remove themselves or they are just dumb.
dude give yourself a break before the mob think you are a spammer, from your responses the fingers are gonna start pointing and im not suprised
quit while your ahead & STFU
I don't give a shit if they think I'm a spammer. What are they going to do? Flame me? They're doing that anyway. Report me to Harvard (whence I connect)? So what, Harvard knows I'm not a spammer. Hunt me down? I'm aware that they're only joking, even if I'm disturbed by the jokes. Post my address? Fine, I have a filter and a fast connection, I can deal with a few more spams, and you won't find enough people pissed at me to do a Ralsky-style DOS.
I hereby place the above post in the public domain.
Microsoft Sucks! We're all going to the gulags!!
Feel better now?
I'm thinking of becoming a spammer. On their website they said making $200,000 dollars a year for sending out emails is average and possible!
Dude, this is way better then my corporate gig. These spammers are onto something. I'm signing up to that site so I can learn how to spam.