Re: Spam History Goes '404'

[Larry/Spamhaus <lr () spamhaus org>]

At 11:39 PM 1/25/06 +0000, Fergie wrote:
> Another rather interesting article, via Brian McWilliams'
> Spam Kings blog.
>
> [snip]
>
> In recent weeks, spammers have been accused of trying to erase the past. 
> But it seems that anti-spammers sometimes have an interest in obliterating 
> the historical record as well.

Rather than "obliterate", how about "remove from public view?"  Old data on 
long gone spammers serves little purpose and can be too much "stick" and 
too little "carrot" for the few who do clean up.

> Late in 2005, ancient spam king Jerry Reynolds sued anti-spammers Ed Falk 
> and David Ritz to try to get Internet postings about his spam and porn 
> operation removed. We also had the case of the anti-spam software company 
> using search-engine tricks to hide complaints about its spamming. And most 
> recently, there was the pill spammer suing to get Usenet postings about 
> him taken down.
>
> But some anti-spammers have (preemptively?) taken to scrubbing their sites 
> clean of spam-fighting records.
>
> [snip]
>
> Much more here:
> http://spamkings.oreilly.com/archives/2006/01/spam_history_goes_404.html
>
> - ferg

Why worry as long as you can still play "Spamcentration!" ;-)
http://chickenboner.com/spamcentration/


Cheers,

Larry @ Spamhaus

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