News Anti-spam screensaver scrapped

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  1. GreatOldOne

    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    Lycos has obviously had enough lovin' - as it's ceased it's anti-spam campaign according to several sites around the web. This report from the Beeb:

    A contentious campaign to bump up the bandwidth bills of spammers by flooding their sites with data has been dropped.

    Lycos Europe's Make Love, Not Spam campaign began in late November but its tactics proved controversial.

    Lycos has shut down the campaign saying it had been started to stimulate debate about anti-spam measures and had now achieved this aim.

    The anti-spammer screensaver came under fire for encouraging vigilante activity and skirting the edge of the law.


    More here
     
  2. jezmck

    jezmck Minimodder

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    really? am not sure I believe this.


    It's quite possible that some "underground" group will reinvent/recreate the idea though.
     
  3. Dinh

    Dinh What's a Dremel?

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    Heh.. It was great while it lasted, Legal DoSing :hehe:
     
  4. kye

    kye What's a Dremel?

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    even if this is a easy way out...i still think it has stimulated enough...debate.

    at least lots of mainstream know that spammers can be hit back. this just is not the right way.
     
  5. Lowsidex2

    Lowsidex2 Minimodder

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    i could never trust the security of something that runs in the background and floods other sites.
     
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