FWIW, he wasn't the hoi polloi. He was a programmer type working for corporate. I doubt they have pin numbers pasted up in the break room or anything like that.
I used to have a friend who did work for bank ATMs. He told me a significant number of people pick 1234 or 6969 as their security code. This is their money were talking about can you image how careless the average wage slave must be with data that doesn't directly affect them?
My experiences with lesser security situations like professional BBSs & such is that people use their family members or pets names.
I have a spammer attempting to protect the embedded form web address he sent by encoding the source in base64. Can someone point me to an online converter I can run it through?
If not, I'm running OS X and have a newbie's basic understanding of the shell. Can I use my machine to convert?
thanks for the help!
The author in question has already copped to writing it. In fact, she threw quite a hissyfit over on http://www.metafilter.com where the story first got legs.
The posts I read seemed a little like they were seeded by a PR firm or something. Maybe I'm just not used to seeing coherent staements on a message board. If I was launching a new project, I'd prolly do the something like that to attempt to generate initial conversations.
Laura Betterly
717 Weathersfield Dr
Dunedin , FL
(727) 733-5335
Data Resource Consulting Inc.
Remember she has a 5,000-square-foot home, with a pool and a Lexus just begging to be filled with your cards and letters.
original slashdot posting Wall Street Journal Story
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For some reason they think I'm a recruiter. I've never even contacted those assholes and they've been spamming me now for nearly 2 years.
Somebody should just kill him now. We'll all be better off, him included.
What would happen if information was posted here? my hope is a whole new volley of crappola raining down on them.
FWIW, he wasn't the hoi polloi. He was a programmer type working for corporate. I doubt they have pin numbers pasted up in the break room or anything like that.
I used to have a friend who did work for bank ATMs. He told me a significant number of people pick 1234 or 6969 as their security code. This is their money were talking about can you image how careless the average wage slave must be with data that doesn't directly affect them?
My experiences with lesser security situations like professional BBSs & such is that people use their family members or pets names.
I have a spammer attempting to protect the embedded form web address he sent by encoding the source in base64. Can someone point me to an online converter I can run it through? If not, I'm running OS X and have a newbie's basic understanding of the shell. Can I use my machine to convert? thanks for the help!
The author in question has already copped to writing it. In fact, she threw quite a hissyfit over on http://www.metafilter.com where the story first got legs.
In that case, I think the vote goes to Apple's Ellen Feiss wins (yeah, I'm a dirty old pope)
The posts I read seemed a little like they were seeded by a PR firm or something. Maybe I'm just not used to seeing coherent staements on a message board. If I was launching a new project, I'd prolly do the something like that to attempt to generate initial conversations.
Hey, the Chicago's enforcement folks are all about aggressively pursuing evildoers... as long as there's something in it for them.
City boot crew strikes in Indiana, by 'mistake'I heard her whining on Morning edition yesterday about how put out she has been since they ran an article about her in the WallStreet Journal...
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'Spam Queen' Defends Direct Marketing Via E-Mail
(Morning Edition Audio) Dec. 3, 2002
Direct marketer Laura Betterly speaks to NPR's John Ydstie.
Laura Betterly
717 Weathersfield Dr
Dunedin , FL
(727) 733-5335
Data Resource Consulting Inc.
Remember she has a 5,000-square-foot home, with a pool and a Lexus just begging to be filled with your cards and letters. original slashdot posting
Wall Street Journal Story
other mentions:
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/shownotes/stor
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/mon/business
http://www.angrywhitegirl.com/weblog/weblog.php