From: Ray Dickenson
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:18:35 +0100
Subject: Re: Spam And Hacking Suppression

>From: Eleanor
>Subject: Re: Spam And Hacking Suppression

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>this makes me wonder if most of my spam comes as part of the harassment.

>In fact, I'm tempted to wonder about the true purpose of spam in general.

 Hi Eleanor,

 I think you're right that first time.

 A long view seems to show ISPs have improved spam detection and filtering so
 much that an 'ordinary' address can be almost spam-free, and even at peak of
 spam-war (two-four years ago?) an 'ordinary' address would've only gotten a
 few tens to a few hundreds per day.

 Here's a recent BBC experiment which backs that up
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/6598521.stm

 But the situation is different for an address associated with a web-site seen
 as critical of 'authority'. It could be getting a thousand or two 'spams' per
 day, with occasional much bigger peaks. Which makes you wonder.

 Mathaba.net has some info on 'authority' hackers and spammers:

 http://www.mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=538345
 "The JFCCNW is a group of hackers from the CIA, FBI, NSA, military, etc.
 who are dedicated to engaging in cyber attacks (Lasker)."

 and here's more from Lasker at 'Wired':
 http://wired-vig.wired.com/politics/security/news/2005/04/67223

 more details in "hygiene warn.txt" in Google Search

 Cheers
 Ray D

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