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Re: Die, spam, die
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Mon, 18 Aug 2003 08:52:03 GMT
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Erik Olson wrote:
> The latest form of cockroach: the other day I used Google to find an etymology.
> Google took me to a page in some online dictionary. Now I am getting spam, with
> the word I looked up in the subject line. New meaning to the term "dictionary
> attack". I have no idea whose dictionary I used (or how my real email got into
> Safari. Safari must die too.)
I continue to be surprised that people beleive it is possible for them
to avoid being spammed. I don't mind that people contact me if they
have something interesting to say, so I have never tried to hide my
e-mail addresses. When it started to become too annoying, I simply set
up a filter (first hand-crafted, later Bayesian) to handle the problem
at my end.
Having said that, I think I can guess how Erik's e-mail address got
picked up. In the good old days, you had to use your e-mail address as
the password for anonymous FTP. Nowadays (or at least around a year
ago) this is used in a trick to grab the e-mail addresses of web
surfers. A web page simply refers to some in-line image located on an
anonymous FTP server and voila - they get a copy of the e-mail address.
Play well,
Jacob
--
Red Bird Mark II:
http://jacob.sparre.dk/LEGO/Transport/Fly/Red_Bird_Mark_II/
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