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Spamifesto, Short Version: Attack the Advertisers

It should be clear by now that attacking the spammers directly is a dead loss. They're too elusive, it's too easy for them to set up shop in a new "place".

Why is no one talking about, instead, fining the people who advertise with spam?

For "legitimate" spam -- I.e., messages that actually sell something -- it should be feasible to cut off their ability to accept payments. If it were lawful to do so, the payment processing companies could make it impossible to pay anyone who was under indictment for spam-advertising.

This approach stands or falls on a lot of things, of course, so it could never be a sole approach. One weakness that's been pointed out ot me is the fact that a large proportion of spam isn't legitimate, in that sensse -- it's phish-bait or trojan vectors. But a large proportion *is*.

It would be a start. People should at least *talk* about it. Maybe that alone would wake up some of people who do it.

Posted by: escoles@...   Posted on: 04/13/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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