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Would you help a spammer? – Don’t answer so quickly

Here is an article from the BBC that caught my eye for creativity and innovation. It turns out that Captchas are pretty effective methods of slowing down spammers. There really isn’t a good automated way to read the distorted characters. So, what’s the alternative? Simple; enlist a bunch of unsuspecting people to help you. But […]

Bot Net Weather Report

Here is a scary report that kinda should read like a weather forecast. As the number of bot net infected computers goes up, probablity of precipitating spam increases. Like real rain, the probablility that you personally will get rained on depends on your activities and location. Of course, bring your umbrella (spam filter) since it […]

Vint Cerf on Botnets

I have previously blogged on spam and the threat spam represents to the internet (see related posts on the left of this page). Included in these posts have been nearly unbelievable statistics on the size of spam problem and number of computers on the internet that have been hijacked. Well, a new chapter in this […]