Will certified e-mail stop spam? (was: unsubscribing... etc)

CLIFFORD ILKAY clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
Sat Apr 15 20:03:01 UTC 2006


On April 15, 2006 02:49, Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 03:43:42PM -0400, wattst-dxuVLtCph9gsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org wrote
>
> >> "Anybody whose computer was zombied gets a scary bill and the
> >> alternative of terminating the account or immediately sanitizing
> >> the computer and maybe paying a reduced fee for the
> >> inconvenience caused."
> >
> > This is absolutely what I don't believe can happen.  I guess
> > that's just how I see it and will drag my feet the whole way
> > should anyone decide to implement this system.
>
>    What I'm waiting for is somebody getting their computer zombied,
> and used in a DDOS, or spamblast, and being sued for "contributory
> negligence" by the victim.  This might scare some sense into
> people.

Blame the victim. As long as you're throwing around big lawyerly 
sounding phrases like "contributory negligence", why aren't you 
proposing that Microsoft be sued or in some way censured? Could it be 
because Microsoft has deeper pockets and is not likely to roll over 
but the grandma whose Windows machine got compromised is a softer 
target?
-- 
Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis Corporation
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Toronto, ON
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