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Copyrighted Haiku Delivers Spam Through Filters
An anonymous reader writes "Remember that antispam company that includes a copyrighted haiku (which I can't quote here due to copyright reasons...) in emails vouching for their nonspaminess and thus bypassing spamfilters?
The idea is that a spammer using said haiku to get through spamfilters can be prosecuted under the more stringent copyright laws instead of the weaker antispam ones.
Well it seems said haiku has lately been figuring in a large spam run trying to pitch the usual medical remedies for various unfortunate ailments.
What do you think? Is it time to start filtering for haikus or will Habeas succeed in thwarting the spam attack?" We mentioned this brilliant anti-spam scheme last April.
You made the first post
Hey, mother Anonymous!
You proud of your son?
Unbelievable.
Seems they were hacked
Norton Spam Filter 2004, now with haiku filtering! Guaranteed to filter 100% of spam, as long as the Internet doesn't resort to copyright infringement...
You know I really tried, but I just can't weave a SCO comment into this message...
Psssst... Now quickly, tell 'em about the viagra!
Next time Alan Ralsky will use copyrighted spam to bypass anti-spam filters. He will sue anti-spam companies and blacklists for including his copyrighted fake sender addresses, and also special characteristics and words like 5p4m or V14gr4.
Ok, so spammers are using haiku. If we only could convince them that harikiri is a spamfilter prevention technique....
This is my sig, show me yours
If they want to up the ante, maybe they should consider using some of the Emperor's Waka Poetry (more syllables == more boring).
...Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
Churchill
they stole my haiku
my moment of sartori
sold fake viagra
I'm generally "Interesting," "Insightful," and even "Funny" here. What the hell happens to me at parties?
What's wrong with you fools
Last April we wrote haikus
In response to this
we get one more chance
to write haiku for karma
and we blow it big
I was hoping to
waste my valuable work time
reading horrid verse
You beat the filter
You have viagra for sale
Now taste the bullet
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
Like autumn harvest,
Writing haikus correctly,
Is very diffic
-- Open Source: It's mad, but you don't have to work here to help.
The Habeas plan
Most ineffective effort
Ever to stop spam
(c) 2004 Mabu
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED!
The *proper* way to do it is to delete everything from the server *except* for their customer's credit card and any other personal details. Those you put into the index.html file for the entire world to see and use as they see fit. It kills two birds with one stone you see; the spammer gets bitten, but more importantly a whole bunch of people might think twice before responding to a spam which is likely to be far more effective in the long run.
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
Oops.. .forgot my linebreaks
Like a dying wind
Habeas screams to the sky
But they're still worthless
Experience says
The Habeas Haiku means
"This Message is Spam"
Habeas Haiku
To some, touching poetry
Me, I filter it.
Your haikus just then,
Though concealing much effort,
Totally sucked balls.
What if the spammers collectively just... went insane? That would be great. Some weeks after the fact, when someone finally bothers to check the spamassassin folders, they'd see the usual garbage and notice it makes even less sense this time. Not even selling anything. Just pages full of "All viagra spam and no pay makes Alan a dull boy" or some other shit like that.
That would provoke a crisis. Riots. State of Emergency. New anti-crapflooding (special case) laws passed around the world. China and Myanmar allowing US military and UN peacekeeping forces to seize control of the open relays until the experts have secured them. Mental institutions filling up. International epic spectacle of the modern age revolution. World War III turning out to be global scale guerrilla fighting between the spammers and the rest of the world. Blah blah.
And now I'm going to get some more coffee.
Hmm what if we hire a clown to do it? No one would suspect a clown...