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Net Phone Customers Brace For 'VoIP Spam'

Posted by timothy on from the you-knew-it-was-on-the-way dept.

XaviorPenguin writes "If you think that Spam in your e-mail inbox is bad, wait until VoIP gets huge! According to a News.CNet.com story, your voice mail box on your Net Phones may be cluttered with ads for Viagra. '"The fear with VoIP spam is you will have an Internet address for your phone number, which means you can use the same tools you use for e-mail to generate traffic," said Tom Kershaw, a vice president at security specialist VeriSign. "That raises automation to scary degrees."' If you think that is scary, you know the Do-Not-Call list that is out by the FTC, yeah, um, people with Net Phones may not be affected by this list and spammers/telemarketers may take this advantage for themselves. "

5 of 226 comments (clear)

  1. fr0st pr75 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ni993r5

  2. Won't affect me... by Supp0rtLinux · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thank gawd I just installed XP SP2. I get the BSOD every five minutes now, but at least I know I'm protected from the latest viruses and spam.

    I am protected, right? I mean... all the hype about SP2 means I won't get anymore popups, spam, or viruses, right?

    -2 Flamebait, -3 Offtopic, +5 Funny... net result = 0... just like my checkbook after I got married.

    The only thing necessary for Micro$oft to triumph is for a few good programmers to do nothing". North County Computers

    1. Re:Won't affect me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      tell me something...how many dicks in your life you suck?

  3. Re:Not a single sales call. by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well so far Vonage is great. Ive been a subscriber for 3 years and have not recived a single sales call. I belive I have recived about 10 calls that got the wrong number.

    Not even a single call from a dictionary salesman eh? I beliEve you on that one...

    --
    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  4. V.O.I.P. by Supp0rtLinux · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    All these VoIP stories and no one has pointed out that when virtual reality and porn were the curent topic of conversation, all the insiders (no pun intended) knew that V.O.I.P. stood for Virtual Object In Pussy and was used more like a verb than a noun.