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Interview With a Spammer

Posted by michael on from the need-a-wooden-stake dept.

Shipud writes "The NYTimes interviewed Richard Colbert, under the title of 'Confessions of a SPAM King'. Richard talks about one-time credit cards, WiFi, 'good' vs. 'bad' spam and more."

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  1. Obligitory link... by dnaboy · · Score: 5, Informative
    The obligitory link to the New york times random login generator for those who don't feel the desire to identify yourself (or bother to create a clever alter ego).

    These days you actually have to downlad the java script to your computer, because of those clever NYT people, but it's still possible for those who have personal issues with registrations....

  2. Re:All I want to know is. . . by hendridm · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can start with some of the addresses listed at the ROKSO.

  3. Re:All I want to know is. . . by 1010011010 · · Score: 4, Informative

    How about one of his websites?

    http://bowieltd.com/

    Administrative Contact:
    Colbert, Richard pcheaven2k@zwallet.com
    2400 W Broward Blvd
    Suite 523
    Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
    US
    954-327-0766

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  4. Spam is NOT free speech by frankie · · Score: 4, Informative
    It's called Free Speech. Bill of Rights

    Not according to Warren Burger, Chief Justice, SCOTUS, May 4, 1970:

    "Nothing in the Constitution compels us to listen to or view any unwanted communication, whatever its merit"
    "We therefore categorically reject the argument that a vendor has a right under the Constitution or otherwise to send unwanted material into the home of another. If this prohibition operates to impede the flow of even valid ideas, the answer is that no one has a right to press even 'good' ideas on an unwilling recipient. That we are often 'captives' outside the sanctuary of the home and subject to objectionable speech and other sound does not mean we must be captives everywhere. The asserted right of a mailer, we repeat, stops at the outer boundary of every person's domain."
  5. Re:Hello my name is Richard Dennis Colbert Jr. by randyest · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hey fuckwit moderators: this is not offtopic. It's from the spammer's own website mentioned in the article.

    There really needs to be some sort of IQ test before mod points are given out. Really.

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