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Spamfighting Since the Death of MakeLoveNotSpam?
vacuum_tuber asks: "The now-defunct Lycos anti-spamsite screen saver, MakeLoveNotSpam, was extremely well received despite the whines and hand wringing from the no-one-should-ever-actively-defend-themselves crowd. There was speculation after its demise that Open Source spam-punishing tools would emerge. Other tools such as SpamVampire, LadVampire (punishes fake bank sites), Spam Research Tool and others were mentioned with increasing frequency, but there has been no coherent followup to gauge what people are doing since the death of the Lycos screen saver. What are you doing that you think is effective in punishing spammers or their spam-site sponsors?"
The best way to fight spam is to go home and turn off your mom's zombie computer...
or else!
SPAM punishes itself by giving an "evil" image for their company.
Best way to punish spam is by keeping your friends AND foes aware of what to not pay attention. In the end, hopefully, they'll make less profit. Nonviolence resistance demands patience and is a slow process but always shows progression.
Like making drugs illegal has stopped drug abuse.
Or like making identity theft illegal has stopped phishing scams.
Or how making unauthorized access to a computer illegal has stopped spam coming from compromised machines.
"...the actual problem: People buy the crap offered by spam! Spam is no longer free. If people would just stop buying based on spam, the problem would solve itself."
So what you are in effect saying is that people who hawk too-good-to-be-true investment schemes and storcks shouldn't be punished? People are gullible, people are going to continue to be taken in by their greed, ignorance, or even illness.
I think these parasites should be taken down. Whether you agree with Lycos or not, I commend them for at least bringing this possible solution to the spotlight.
"...Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam..."