Yesterday I mentioned MailBlocks, a service that promises to rid your Inbox of spam. However, according to this article from LawMeme, MailBlocks requires you to “opt in” to the Service by providing certain personal information during the registration process — if you don’t opt in, you can’t use the service. This information is then
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End spam FOREVER
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A new start-up company wants to permanently end spam, and has a new program called MailBlocks. When the software intercepts an e-mail from an unknown source, it sends an e-mail to the sender with an image and a form to fill out. When the sender views the image and fills out the form (proving…
Speaking of e-mail…
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PC World asks the question, why are you getting so much spam?. The article highlights a study from the Center for Democracy and Technology, and provides some good (if basic) recommendations on reducing the flood of spam. I’ll be posting more on this in the next few weeks.
Beware the new PayPal scam
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Security
If you use PayPal and you get an e-mail from the company asking you to re-submit credit card and/or bank account information, read this first. There’s a new scam e-mail making its way around the Internet, and it’s apparently pretty convincing.
If anyone sees my SSN out there, let me know
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Hackers from Houston and Austin broke into the computers at the University of Texas at Austin and stolen names, Social Security numbers, and e-mail addresses of 55,000 current and former UT students. Investigators say the hackers could strike again soon.
The War on Spam
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PC World features yet another article on how e-mail users are fed up with spam. Really?
More on spam
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James Gleick provides a lengthy report on the spam epidemic. It’s a pretty good article, but he’s a little behind on one item: he spends some time discussing SpamAssassin, which no longer exists. The software was purchased by McAfee in January, and will be integrated into that company’s SpamKiller product sometime later this year.
Speaking of spam…
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Those wily spammers are figuring out ways to get around spam filters — creative punctuation. (Warning: contains adult subject matter) (Via LawMeme)
What? Spam is a problem?
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InfoWorld has a lengthy article on current efforts to combat spam.
A new look at tech security
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Law.com reports that there has been a shift in thinking on implementation of their technology security and disaster recovery plans. Included is a helpful checklist of actions you can take now to reduce your exposure.