Spam

SPIT: Is It Just Telemarketing?

March 19, 2006

Dan York asks whether SPIT is any different from telemarketing, because if it isn’t, then why differentiate?  My take is that IP telephony can lower the costs of telemarketing, which potentially makes it a more attractive medium for advertisers.  More importantly, though, the potential exists for rampant abuse with IP based "auto-dialers" and recorded messages.  [...]

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Randy Morin’s I Got Spam

March 3, 2006

Randy Morin has a new blog up — I Got Spam.  It’s a daily resource on threats from spam, splogs, and other kinds of spyware.  Worth a read!

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Spoofing Caller ID

November 15, 2005

Don’t try this at home: Spoofing Caller ID with Asterisk.  SPIT.  It’s coming.  ‘Nuff said. 

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Oh SPIT!

September 26, 2005

It’s really remarkable the complete and utter tripe that some "news" organizations will publish.  The object of my disdain today is the Vancouver Sun.  Writer Gillian Shaw has published one of the silliest, and most hysterical pieces on phone spam that one could imagine.  Titled "Phone spam a security risk", it purports to be about [...]

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