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Can A Bounty System Cure Spam?

Posted by timothy on from the cure-is-a-strong-word dept.

dankinit writes "The FTC is considering a proposal made popular by Lawrence Lessig which would offer a bounty to people who help catch spammers. The proposal looks to harness the power of volunteers online who might want a piece of the multimillion dollar fines spammers could incur. Spamhaus founder Steve Linford doesn't like the idea though, explaining '...the FTC already has so much information on their identities that to get anymore would be useless.'"

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FP

  2. Re:I can track these guys down by dave420 · · Score: -1, Troll

    "self defence" - every time I hear that, it cracks me up. Only in America would a device designed solely to take the life of someone be described as "self defence". hehehe.