What do 1's and 0's have to do with it? I could be talking 2x4's or h2o or anything else.
But there is a limit of bandwidth for a website, and a limited amount of storage. Neither is free, there are incremental costs associated with both.
So you visiting a website does cost the site owner, and he is expecting something in return. That is his business model. Don't like it, don't go there, and don't cost him more real money out of his pocket.
>> Sorry, not behaving in accordance with your business model is not "stealing".
And what would you call it?
If you are selling something and I decide I don't like your price so I just take it, what would that be called? Even if I just took it because I didn't like your business model?
>>I do not consent to view these ads
What do you call it when you go to a site that has banner ads? I would call that consent to view what they are sending you.
They are not forcing you to go there, if you don't want to see ads then don't go to sites supported with them.
Easy, isn't it?
But to get a user to save/chmod/execute a program that shows some naked girl, get rich quick, or who knows what, doesn't have to be different for each email program. If you make the message good enough, and the user dumb enough, they will run it.
And scanning for email addresses through all user files is pretty to do. Lots of regex out there to do that.
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>> Back in the day, even before Linux, there was this little company that had a 90%-95% share of the desktop PC market. It was called Apple.
You must not have been around when Apple had the desktop market.
I believe there were Mac's that had all 40 of their viruses, and must have had a few that were for some other OS on them as well.
They were the most virus ridden things ever seen. I don't know if Mac or PC got the first virus, but I do know that Mac sure had their share of them.
What do 1's and 0's have to do with it? I could be talking 2x4's or h2o or anything else.
But there is a limit of bandwidth for a website, and a limited amount of storage. Neither is free, there are incremental costs associated with both.
So you visiting a website does cost the site owner, and he is expecting something in return. That is his business model. Don't like it, don't go there, and don't cost him more real money out of his pocket.
>> Sorry, not behaving in accordance with your business model is not "stealing".
And what would you call it?
If you are selling something and I decide I don't like your price so I just take it, what would that be called? Even if I just took it because I didn't like your business model?
>>I do not consent to view these ads
What do you call it when you go to a site that has banner ads? I would call that consent to view what they are sending you. They are not forcing you to go there, if you don't want to see ads then don't go to sites supported with them. Easy, isn't it?
The mother who bought the Lindows box at Walmart for her kids maybe?
But to get a user to save/chmod/execute a program that shows some naked girl, get rich quick, or who knows what, doesn't have to be different for each email program. If you make the message good enough, and the user dumb enough, they will run it. And scanning for email addresses through all user files is pretty to do. Lots of regex out there to do that.