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cableties
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join:2005-01-27
Levittown, PA

Define Spyware...

..is the first question the defendant will challenge.

And I would like to add spam. Some will argue that spam is not spyware but I will challenge that with that spam that tracks back the IP (an image, gif, or html crafted).

This means the spammer, like spyware, has the ability to confirm that the recipient is valid and proceeds to sell the email address and unleash more spam. Not as sophisticated as controlling and monitoring, but still a "simple" spy method; it achieves the goal of verification.

So spammers should be jail too. Think FTC is that smart though?

bi0tech

join:2003-06-19
·Comcast

... define spam then

Does it's definition necessitate a callhome system? You can confirm an address exists almost as easily by bouncing a message and tracking no delivery reports. There are hundreds of questions to answer if you wanted to device a true spam classification, which is likely to be completely ignored in all but the most egregious instances.

I'd rate the overall intelligence shown by the FTC to date somewhere between your average dog and cat. And yes the cat is on the higher end of the spectrum because on average anything it doesn't understand it will just leave it the hell alone.

MP break (SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM, lovely spam wonderful spam)
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