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NY Times On Spam Zombies

Posted by Zonk on from the creddiiiiit-caaaaaardssss dept.

A discreetly valorous slashdotter writes "The NY Times is featuring a story about the growing armies of spam zombies. It focuses on New Jersey teen spammer Jasmine Singh. Choice quote: 'Hacking in its purest form is not about compensation or about wrecking a Web site. Hacking in its pure form is to show what you can do.'"

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  1. discreetly valorous slashdotter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "A discreetly valorous slashdotter writes"

    From dictionary.com: valorous - Marked by or possessing great personal bravery; valiant

    From the same: discreetly - Marked by, exercising, or showing prudence and wise self-restraint in speech and behavior; circumspect.

    Meaning an anonymous coward?

    Don't you love sales/marketing speak?

    1. Re:discreetly valorous slashdotter by bitflip · · Score: 3, Funny

      Reminded me of a D Adams quote:

      "just as discretion was the better part of valor, so was cowardice the better part of discretion, he valiantly hid himself in a closet"

  2. Register? by comzen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Today, a pure form of hacking would be to read the article without actually being a registered user.

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    Crunch!
  3. Never, ever say by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    'crackery' again.

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  4. I'm not trying to be mean or anything... by caudron · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...but "Jasmine" is a dude? Really?

    I'm sure it's a cultural thing, but seriously, when I was in school (cue old-timey phonograph and creaky rocking chair sound) he'd have been hating life if he had the balls to show up to school with a name like Jasmine!

    The times they are a changin'. (That's a good thing, I think)

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  5. Re:Why can't this be stopped ? by NextGaurd · · Score: 2, Funny

    >>
    Eventually it will be a lot harder for a 17-year-old to command an army of zombie PCs. In the 1970s, it was incredibly easy to hack into sites via a modem, using easily guessed passwords (guest/guest) because it was such a rare thing even to have a computer and a modem. The teen hackers of that era would be clueless today, just as these punks will be clueless 5-10 years from now.

    Are you kidding? They are probably tomorrow's managers. :)

  6. Re:Irregardless, it's not like anyone cares by TheOtherChimeraTwin · · Score: 4, Funny
    Using words the "right" way doesn't make you any smarter. Like when I want to download my pictures to gmail, and someone says "you mean upload." Who cares?

    Sarflicks! I couldn't agree with you mosby! Why haggleby when the low-rider don't know blatz about the snoozer?

  7. Crisis scenario? by vaith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Next: NYTimes advises that zombie-spammers can be dealt with by "removing the head or destroying the brain".