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FBI Plans Spammer Smackdown
An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet News reports: '...the FBI told Congress on Thursday that it has 'identified over 100 significant spammers' so far and is targeting 50 of the most noxious for potential prosecution later this year.' and that '...an 'initiative is being projected for later this year in which it is anticipated that criminal and civil actions under the Can-Spam Act of 2003 will be included.'"
It was not intended as a troll, it was meant to be humourous. The usual response to a spam fighting technique.
Remember the title of the article you linked to?
71% of Spam Servers are Located in China
Just because the servers are there doesn't mean the are being used by locals.
It is very likely that a good % of those Viagra spams we all so love may be sent from a Chinese server, but it is nearly as likely that they are being initially sent from the US in the first place.
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That's mostly because junk mail has a punitive cost, whereas DoS on a web server costs real-time customer transactions.
The FBI only gets involved when they have solid evidence that there is a loss of over $50,000 (or a number very near that).
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
Actually, soldiers who abuse prisoners can receive a lot more than a year in prison. The first guy got one year because he wasn't directly involved; he just took the pictures. Look for stiffer sentences in the future.
Aha. .no => not english :-)
:-)
Persecution:
1 : the act or practice of persecuting especially those who differ in origin, religion, or social outlook
2 : the condition of being persecuted , harassed, or annoyed
Prosecute:
1 : to follow to the end : pursue until finished
2 : to engage in : PERFORM
3 a : to bring legal action against for redress or punishment of a crime or violation of law b : to institute legal proceedings with reference to
intransitive senses : to institute and carry on a legal suit or prosecution
How about we Prosecute AND Persecute them?
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That's because that particular soldier was in a special court martial, because he agreed to testify against the others (just like a plea bargain in regular courts).
The other soldiers are in regular courts martial, which do not have the 1-year limitation.
Because the top -5- spammers are responsible for probably 90% of the spam. By nailing the top 50, we'll be left not only a tiny fraction of the spam that used to be flowing, but just the tiny operators who don't have a) vast amounts of cash to mount legal defenses, or b) the technical resources to keep changing their tactics to get around filters. And hopefully, once the littler fish see what's happening to the big operators like Ralsky and Richter, they'll get out of the game entirely and go back to dealing meth and whoring out their daughters for nickels.
Yes, it is. A lot of people *want* drugs, just like a lot of people *wanted* alcohol back during prohibition. Outlawing something that is popular with large numbers of people is quite difficult.
People do not want spam. A few people want to send spam to everyone else - but the recipients don't want it. Even the spammers don't want their own email boxes full of junk.