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Spam Over Internet Telephony (SPIT) to Come?

Posted by michael on from the argh dept.

grub writes "According to this article on NewScientist.com 'Spam and spim - spam by instant messenger -- are about to be joined by "spit" - spam over internet telephony' Yup, spam via VoIP."

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  1. Hah! by metlin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Aptly named SPIT, I see! ;-)

    Way to go.

    1. Re:Hah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      What's next? SPam over Engineering Resource Management systems? I think we need some new terminology!

  2. Publicly behead spammers. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know it makes sense.

    1. Re:Publicly behead spammers. by hasdikarlsam · · Score: 4, Funny

      That would just cause more spam, you realize.

      "S33 A sPamner beh3aded! Your credit card here!"

  3. Names for tools? by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Personal Telephoney Objectionable Object Immediate Eradication

    SPam Eradication Wirelessly

    Highly Unwanted Reduction Logic

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  4. Now Hear This.... by EodLabs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not even blind people are safe from SPAM now....

  5. As somebody once said... by quigonn · · Score: 5, Funny

    When a media is used to send spam to other people it is alive and well. When it is used to transport pr0n it will have a prospective future.

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    A monkey is doing the real work for me.
  6. Its been said but it needs to be said again... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm going to become rich when I invent a way to stab people in the face over the internet.

  7. Clever acronyms by Mateito · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, what's next?

    SPam Ethernet Wires?
    SPam over Low Amplitude Telephony?
    SPam Over Older Generation Ethernets?

    Something tells me that this is about to get sillier...

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    Norman Cook's Ode to Sl
  8. Good luck by RCulpepper · · Score: 5, Funny

    Given that corporations are the biggest users of VoIP right now, and given that it takes a burning-bush level miracle to get in touch with a human person at most large corps, I imagine most of this will be computerized voices yammering at each other for minutes on end. "Thank you for calling Bank of America." A: "Free trial of Viagra, no commitments" B: "For information about your account, press one now."

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    Always a godfather; never a god. -Gore Vidal
  9. World Changing Development by contagious_d · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does this mean I will finally get telephone calls?

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    - /home is where the food is.
  10. acronym of the day by ximpul1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Spam Hampering Information Technology = SHIT ha!