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FBI Raids Home of Spam King Alan Ralsky

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the click-here-to-enlarge-your-prison-cell dept.

wstearns writes "The Detroit News is reporting that the FBI has raided Alan Ralsky's home. In the raid, the FBI took computers and financial records, effectively shutting him down. Mr. Ralsky has been frequently covered here."

2 of 422 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Call your FBI and say thanks! by schon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I hardly get any spam at all. I use spamassassin on my server and junkmatcher on my client.

    If you hardly get any spam at all, then why do you need *TWO* spam filters?

    You *GET* lots of spam - just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not there.

  2. Re:Charged with what? by keraneuology · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Most of the damage is not done to the user, but to the ISP, backbone providers and hosting providers. For the user it might be an annoyance, but for them it costs money.

    All higher costs incurred by the ISP are passed along to the consumer, ergo all of the damage is done to the user, though indirectly.

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    If the g'vt kept the data on you that google does you'd better believe you'd be calling it "doing evil"