Since spam can come from anywhere, what good would it do to enact national laws?
It would get rid of some at least, and the more countries that took action (against spammers only; I wouldn't want gummints to start interfering with the net), the fewer elsewhere to muck us around.
I decided to see how much I got this month, though I started a day late! Anyway since the 2nd (or midnight on the 1st depending on how you look at it) I have recieved 1049 spams, which I tink is about 50 a day or so.
ick.
ick indeed!
The thing I don't understand is why the spammer actually want to target people like me still. That is people who will never respond to any or it. Seems stupid to me.
If spammers had any brains they wouldn't be spamming...
Spam should indeed be criminalised, but what should the penalty be? I think the only fait punishment would be having "spammer" branded on the forehead ;-)
For a start, permanent confiscation of all of their computer-related gear AND an absolute ban on their replacing it. Branding not a bad idea at all... though one US spammer I saw interviewed on the news was not at ALL unhappy to talk about it, and plans to increase beyond the 180 MILLION spams he sends out every day to clog up your & my PCI-PowerMac.
But I'd have to say, we shouldn't have to use it. Even if it becomes illegal in the USA, the spammers would simply move to another country where it isn't or it cannot be controlled effectively.
Nevertheless, there are attempts being made to make it expensive for the spammers. Note Microsoft's recent lawsuits.
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