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One Man's Fight Against Forum Spam

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the heroes-and-villians dept.

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."

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  1. So silly.... by catbutt · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Forum spam is best solved with good forum software. A good karma system is probably the best solution. I've never seen spam on slashdot (unless I dig through the low rated posts).

  2. Make a filter by improfane · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Make a filter that detects his notifications and deletes the account automatically.

    He is trying to help and he is fighting.

    What are you doing about it? You're not helping anyone except of course protecting your advertising on your site.

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