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Spam Haters Given Right of Reply

Posted by Zonk on from the hitting-back dept.

rk_cr wrote to mention an Israeli technology firm which has set up a system to allow harried email users the right to reply in force. The system "batters spam websites with thousands of complaints. The plan is to fill order forms on spam websites offering pills, porn and penile health tonics with complaints about the products advertised for sale in junk messages. The plan has been criticised by other anti-spam workers who say it amounts to vigilantism."

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  1. Re:fight fire with fire? by TheScorpion420 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Me fail english, thats unpossible!

    mabye uncivilized would be the correct usage, i don't think incivilized is even a word.

    Nope, just as I had suspected.

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