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Interview with a Spampire
Bunch2 writes "In this article at OReillynet, a 'hacker' explains why he put his superior coding skills to use by writing a spam mailer called Fahrenheit. (Hint: $$$) Turns out his little creation is also being used by criminals to 'phish' bank account information from gullible folks. The article shows how talented but morally challenged techies are becoming stooges of 'spammers, con artists, and other criminals.'"
Not sure if it would work, but worth a try.
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Morally challenged? What ever happened to working for money?
I am a very moral person with a strict code of ethics... that can be purchased for a price when working, spam, porn, light treason, it's all the same. Thankfully I haven't had to sell myself in such a way yet.
Now with that said... how much do I hear for my eternal soul?
Help Brendan pay off his student loans
so, I can pimp out my kid? or else I'll starve?
so I can become a contract assasin?
Heroin dealer?
A lawyer?
every day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
It started with some innocent all-natural fang-lengthening solicitations, but it spiraled into an orgy of Vampagra spews and Transylvanian scams. After a while, I no longer knew if I was dead or undead. And I was way too uptight to play it even a little gay.
And frankly, I'd eat a bullet before being a 31 year-old guy working at McDonald's
Yeah, I mean really, how terrible it must be to have health insurance, a steady paycheck, and to use the easiest cash register ever created?
Quite simply, you are a selfish greedy idiot.
Sorry, you got that word wrong. It's not pronounced "HA-kurz", it's pronounced "LY-ing SO-sho-PA-thik THEEVZ". But no worries, it's an easy mistake to make.
Carousel is a lie!
"Why it's the AT5000 Autodialer, my very first patent! Aww, would ya listen to the gibberish they've got you saying, it's sad and alarming. You were designed to alert school childern about snow days and such. Well let's get you home to Frinky. Hope your wheels still work. Bwhay!"
/Frink
I was in a similar situation as yourself as far as money and job scarcity. But I had to do something much worse than build a simple Adult web site...
I had to deploy Microsoft Windows Media DRM for one of the major record labels.
I still shudder to think of those days. I fondly look back on my days as a Las Vegas Crack Whore in comparison.
I'm really good at smashing windows and puncturing tires with icepicks, and that's all I want to do with my time, but no-one will hire me to do that legitimately, so I have to set up shop doing it for for shady, anonymous people. I can't help it, it's the economy. Once things pick up, I hope to reform myself and dedicate my life to morally correct window-smashing and tire-puncturing. So I can certainly understand where the young hacker is coming from.
You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
Some time ago, I was asked to build an adult website.
Link please?
Techie: Master Yoda, is the dark side of code stronger?
Master Yoda: Quicker, easier, more seductive, but once you start down the dark path of malware forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will as it did Obi Wan's apprentice.
Techie: How will I know the difference?
Master Yoda: You will know when you are calm, at rest, passive. A programmer uses the code for knowledge and defense, never for attack.
a heavy-duty vibrator can kill ya
I doubt that we will ever figure out - and I suspect that even if we did figure out we couldn't do much about it
if ever a post begged for a link, this is it! ;)