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One Man's Fight Against Forum Spam
JWSmythe writes "Free Internet Press has an interview with 'Random Digilante,' an anonymous hacker who has been taking over forum spammers' email accounts, and notifying forum operators to delete those accounts. It looks like his reasoning is sound, and his methods are safe, where he won't hurt any real users."
Forum spammer sues vigilante, gets both arrested. Vigilante does more time.
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Posting this anonymously because Random Digilante got my account deleted.
Dear Decision maker , We know you are interested in
receiving amazing intelligence . This is a one time
mailing there is no need to request removal if you
won't want any more . This mail is being sent in compliance
with Senate bill 1625 ; Title 4 ; Section 302 . THIS
IS NOT MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING ! Why work for somebody
else when you can become rich as few as 33 days . Have
you ever noticed people love convenience and more people
than ever are surfing the web ! Well, now is your chance
to capitalize on this ! WE will help YOU decrease perceived
waiting time by 190% and increase customer response
by 150% . You can begin at absolutely no cost to you
. But don't believe us . Ms Ames of Florida tried us
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my cars" ! We are licensed to operate in all states
! We implore you - act now ! Sign up a friend and you
get half off . God Bless !
There is an easy fix for this. In his forum's usage agreement he needs to add a line stating that if he detects you are running a spambot he has the right to hack your account & disable it. Problem solved.
There is a war going on for your mind.
he claims that since a robot registered the e-mail accounts, you aren’t infringing on any person’s rights.
I doubt that it’d fly, actually, but who knows.
Oh, it certainly wouldn't fly with Jean-Luc Picard, that's for sure.
You can't take the sky from me...
What this guys is doing is indeed illegal, but not immoral; when our government is unwilling or unable to enforce or prosecute laws it becomes incumbent upon non-sanctioned individuals to protect society by doing so.
Bruce, we've been over the five stages of grief a million times: I keep telling you, you're stuck at Anger and you need to move on.
You can't take the sky from me...
Let me guess, his e-mail is: robin.hood@sharewood-forest.com?
Google rep here.
There isn't a need to discuss this issue further. We have analyzed your search habits and other information about you, your family, your friends and your enemies. Based on your state of mind, there is no purpose served by pursuing this issue, so we'll mark it as closed. If you become more rational later we will let you know and accept your apology.
Google. Doing no evil since 1996.