__/ [ Kier ] on Thursday 27 July 2006 16:00 \__
> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:12:07 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> More than 95% of e-mail is 'junk'
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>> | More than 95% of e-mail is junk, be it spam, error messages or
>> | viruses, report mail monitoring firms.
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>> | [...]
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>> | Further work has shown that most of this junk mail is originating
>> | on hijacked home computers.
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>> | E-mail security firm Return Path said 99% of the computers it monitors
>> | that send mail have been taken over by spammers or virus writers.
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>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5219554.stm
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>> Microsoft Windows MUST be illegalised.
>
> Frankly, I don't see how you're going to do that without pissing off a
> huge number or largely blameless people.
That's the root of the issue. People should not be blamed
for purchasing a computer that happened to come with faulty
software (ask yourself what deals are behind the lack of
choice or selection). The company that is responsible for
this, on the other hand, should be held accountable. Where
is the liability and where does it all end? See the
following item that was published a short while ago:
http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=64
An Open Letter to Spammers
The scale of SPAM is getting worse as its volume seems to
grow at a non-linear pace. You, as a Linux user, pay for
extra hardware (ISP costs), spare time purging SPAM. You
possibly risk DDOS attacks, too. A world where people do not
control their machines is a world without liability. It's
anarchy. And it's getting worse...
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