On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 04:39:50PM +0300, Gadi Evron wrote: > On 5/31/11 2:16 PM, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 08:33:59AM -0500, RandallM wrote: > >> Spammers do have a heart. > > > > No. Spammers are sociopathic monsters. If you have observed their > > No, they are merely entrepreneurs with no morals and a criminal tendency.
Having studied spammers (and their strategies and tactics) for what is sadly closing in on 30 years, I sharply disagree. "Entrepeneurship" is largely irrelevant (there are many examples of spammers who are not engaged in any sort of enterprise); what *is* relevant is the behavior pattern, which derives directly from their underlying peronality disorder. This is part of the reason why there are no extant (living) ex-spammers, despite the many claims of their existence: they don't stop because they *can't* stop...much like other sociopaths, e.g., serial killers, pedophiles, mass murderers, kleptocrats, etc. (And given the acceptance of spam as well as its explicit legalization in some jurisidictions, there is often little objective reason for them to stop.) ---rsk _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
