Amazon to help you be a spammer while painting a bullseye for the FTC

One of the big topics today that I have picked up from my morning reading is the news that Amazon is going to help you become a Twitter spammer. Yup now you will be able to populate your ... continue

Funny: is your online lover who they say they are?

It just always seems like those spam bots are one step ahead of us. Always. [XKCD] Related posts:Caturday explained via graph4chan vs. Twilight, XKCD styleManifest destiny as seen by 80s kids continue

Yet another DUH! report – spam accounts for 92% of all email

Yes folks you heard it here, and probably a whole bunch of other places by now, but I would let that stop me from doing my best netizen civic duty. You see McAfee has ... continue

Simple guide to predict Twitter spam

As Twitter has grown it has attracted the scummy side of marketing and other less savory types of link hi-jacking leaving some folks wondering if it is worth all the trouble to be a ... continue

GMail’s ultimate gift to mankind

I would bet that just about anyone reading this post still has one or two newsletter, or newslist, types of emails that they are no longer interested in coming into their email inboxes. These ... continue

Please keep sharing your crap on Facebook – it may save our email inboxes

I think everyone probably has some favorite relative; or so we keep telling ourselves they are, who no matter how nicely you try and tell them to quit it keep on sending you all ... continue

12% of people stupid enough to shop through spam

Thanks, jerks. It's the question most internet users can't seem to wrap their heads around. Why is spam so prevalent? Could anyone possibly be that stupid? What the hell is the point? Surely no one ever buys anything ... continue

Twitspam Identifies Purveyors of Disinformation [#iranElection]

Any time there’s a trending topic on Twitter, there are spammers that suddenly come out of the woodwork to exploit that topic with the intent to get you to come view their magical slapchopping, traffic-building, penis-enlarging ... continue

FTC swoops in and smacks down rogue ISP Pricewert

The United States FTC issued a statement today announcing a rare takedown of rogue ISP Pricewert, LLC. (Aliases include 3FN and APS Telecom.) Besides sounding vaguely like an obscure German-industrial band, Pricewert stands accused of actively recruiting and ... continue

Stepping over that Twitter line

I like Twitter so don’t get me wrong here but all you people playing the Spymaster would you please piss off. Seriously, it’s bad enough that we are having to suffer through using a ... continue

Hell has come to Web 2.0 and social media

Spam especially the sexually related stuff has to be the bane of our online existence. After all how many Viagra or Grow a Bigger Dick spam emails do you have to get before you literally want ... continue

Get ready .. get set .. here comes the Twitter spam on a big scale

For those of us using the Twitter service spam is something that while an irritation it hasn’t become a major intrusion the way it has with email. That could change with the availability of the first ... continue