Spam and scams prompted AOL's fee-based e-mail

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Pros and Cons

Professional Con-artists have a dream-come-true in the email system. They have direct, personal, private access to an isolated sucker. And, they can put out millions of fish hooks for free, under the cover of Internet anonymity. Charging one cent per email will provide a barrier to these creeps in two ways: 1. It will cost them something, and most con-men won't spend $10,000 on a million emails. 2. Their anonymity is broken when they pay.

Cons: 1. By cleaning out the competitors, there is a new niche market for con-men: deliver ever more clever spam, cons, and phishing attacks to AOL users. 2. Regular users must now break their anonymity, and the gov't has proven they want to spy on every aspect of US citizens' lives, under the new "Cyber-terrorism" bill. A powerful channel for conscientious objection and dissent threatens to be choked off.



Will we allow the scum of the earth to succeed in destroying our precious free message system?

http://www.spamEater.com/

Posted by: cfortune   Posted on: 03/02/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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