What many spammers already understand, including the criminal who is now threathening Blue Security's users and trying to DDoS their website, is that this is a new era in the fight against spam - and for the first time, spammers know they are losing the fight.
This is not just another passive mesure tryig to keep spam away; Blue Security's solution undermines the economy spammers rely on, the economy that motivates them to send billions of unsolicited messages. They know they will have to adapt to this new reality - some will comply now (Blue Security claims top spammers already comply) and others will try to put up a fight before understanding they have no other choice but to stop spamming the users that are willing to stand up for their rights and do something to fight spam.
I call all Internet users with any sense of responsibility for the future of the Internet to join the ranks of the Blue Community and make sure that spammers realize that common sense and justice will prevail.
Blue Frog can be downloaded from Blue Security's site or from major download sites such as download.com.
One thing I cannot get is why people (good people, BTW), that are willing to actively protect their rights and other people's rights in their "real" lives (rather than cyber-lives) are so passive and self righteous when it comes to Net etiquette.
Sure, this initiative may fail and it may just not work, but it's a step in the right direction. Reading what some people wrote makes me wonder if any any of them actually read what these guys have to say.
Seems to me they thought it through rather nicely. Take a look at their site and blog and see they try to have the right safeguards in place making sure no Joe Jobs or mistakes take place.
I, for one, will give it a chance.
Eric
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What many spammers already understand, including the criminal who is now threathening Blue Security's users and trying to DDoS their website, is that this is a new era in the fight against spam - and for the first time, spammers know they are losing the fight.
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This is not just another passive mesure tryig to keep spam away; Blue Security's solution undermines the economy spammers rely on, the economy that motivates them to send billions of unsolicited messages. They know they will have to adapt to this new reality - some will comply now (Blue Security claims top spammers already comply) and others will try to put up a fight before understanding they have no other choice but to stop spamming the users that are willing to stand up for their rights and do something to fight spam.
I call all Internet users with any sense of responsibility for the future of the Internet to join the ranks of the Blue Community and make sure that spammers realize that common sense and justice will prevail.
Blue Frog can be downloaded from Blue Security's site or from major download sites such as download.com.
Do the right thing - join the fight now!
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One thing I cannot get is why people (good people, BTW), that are willing to actively protect their rights and other people's rights in their "real" lives (rather than cyber-lives) are so passive and self righteous when it comes to Net etiquette. Sure, this initiative may fail and it may just not work, but it's a step in the right direction. Reading what some people wrote makes me wonder if any any of them actually read what these guys have to say. Seems to me they thought it through rather nicely. Take a look at their site and blog and see they try to have the right safeguards in place making sure no Joe Jobs or mistakes take place. I, for one, will give it a chance. Eric