[nflug] Spam and Organized Crime On The Radio

[Carver, Blake]

Good show on 970 yesterday on spam. Might not be anything new for most
of us, but it was interesting.
 
http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2006/12/20061213_a_main.asp
 
"Internet spam is nothing new. But in the last few months, the scourge
of e-mail inboxes around the world has exploded, again. "Call me", "Hey,
Johnny", "Love Pills", "Big bucks", the subject lines are like bad
haiku. But the story behind a new breed of superspam, "spam 2.0", is
like a high-tech crime thriller. Russian gangsters, African scams,
renegade Romanian geeks, and a huge price tag for the world. Nine out
ten e-mails are now said to be spam. Some harmless, except for the time
they gobble up. Some will pick your pocket. Some can take over you
computer and make it a zombie foot soldier in the global spam wars. At
risk? Money, privacy, and the very utility of the Internet."

-Blake
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