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Analyzing AT&T's Anti-Anti-Spam Patent

Posted by simoniker on from the oddness-abounds dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Dan Gillmor is reporting in his eJournal taken, in turn, from Gregory Aharonian: AT&T has apparently been awarded a patent for circumventing certain spam filters, thereby providing slimeball spammers with yet a bigger hammer!" The patent covers "A system and method for circumventing schemes that use duplication detection to detect and block unsolicited e-mail (spam.)", although it's unclear exactly what AT&T want it for.

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  1. Anonymous Coward. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1st

  2. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Woohoo!

  3. Re:tsarkon reports oompa loompa song for /. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I like your style, but this post is very rude.

  4. Misread! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Am I the only one that read the submission as: "...thereby providing slimeball spammers with yet a bigger hummer!"

    I guess it must have been from reading that censoring article right before it, it's put some sick thoughts in my mind. Filter Slashdot!

  5. Re:muppet sex. by crabpeople · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lol

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    I'll just use my special getting high powers one more time...
  6. Re:Hey! Shortsighted people! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You know you suck as a troll if you have to troll as an AC