Supafly
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join:2000-07-15
Elk Grove, CA
1 edit | Do-not-spam lists is only another tool...
to get our email addresses....
So if I don't want to be spammed, I sign up for this do-not-spam list, which in turn is handed over to the spammers themselves so they don't spam me. What the hell makes congress think that these spammers won't copy the list overseas or to one of their shell companies that cannot be traced back to them? |
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MrBentor
join:2003-02-18
Seattle, WA
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| It was said that the Do-Not-Spam list would just give spammers address and allow them to send spam form foreign sources. While this may be the case for some of the spam; here is one reason why this would still limit a percentage of the spam sent from “overseas…”
Many of the persons[1] who send spam are actually physically based in the several States; but are just using foreign services to spam from. They still would be on the hook. You simply look to where the “product” was sent from, or where the money was sent to. Just using or hiring a foreign service won’t offer protection. The person who hired the spamming service still could be held liable. The apparent origin or true origin may different or not be obvious. If Joe Spamboy is selling drugs out of Florida but sends the spam out of (through) China, Joe Spamboy in Florida is still busted.
[1] Definition of “Person” includes: a natural person, company, corporation, partnership, trust, or artificial entity. |
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newview
Ex .. Ex .. Exactly
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join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD
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With the government's abysmal network security, the chances of an employee slip-up exposing millions of email addresses in a "do-not-spam" list is very real.
And, with spammers now working hand-in-hand with hardcore criminals (with the Mafia not far behind), to crack unsuspecting user's machines to send their spew, an FTC-run "do-not-spam" email list is a guaranteed target.
I'll NEVER willingly input my email address in ANY "do-not-spam" list, government or otherwise.
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The Rules of Spam | Maryland's New Anti-Spam Law
Where are we going? And what's with the hand basket? |
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