PC World: Woman Gets Two Years for Aiding Nigerian Internet Check Scam
“Edna Fiedler pleaded guilty in March to attempting to defraud U.S. citizens in a scheme known as a Nigerian check scam.”
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PC World: Antispam Group Outlines Defenses to Block Botnet Spam
Jeremy Kirk talks to Richard Cox of Spamhaus about MAAWG’s latest best practices documents
CommentsA VC: Losing A Phone - A Social Media Security Breach?
Fred Wilson muses about (in effect) his habit of saving security credentials on an insecure device
CommentsWashington Post: Former Customers Off Limits To Verizon
“Verizon had been using its proprietary data to contact former customers and try to persuade them to give the company another try. But a majority of members of the Federal Communications Commission yesterday said such practices are illegal and infringe a consumer’s privacy.”
This may (and probably should) apply to other companies which collect data about customers.
(via consumerist)
CommentsTheSpoof.com: Prime Minister presents first annual Spam Awards
congratulations to winner James W. Anker!
CommentsClickZ: Get the "And" Out!
that complex privacy policy that nobody reads might satisfy the legal requirements for notice, but not the human requirements for making an informed choice.
guess which one affects deliverability?
CommentsDeliverability.com: When email marketers and blacklists meet
J.D.’s comment on deliverability.com describes why “double opt-in” is the wrong term, and why that makes some people angry.
(whether those people are sane or not is a different discussion)
CommentsNew York Times Digital Domain: In the E-Mail Relay, Not Every Handoff Is Smooth - NYTimes.com
an interesting review of the reliability of message delivery throughout history, with a surprisingly accurate depiction of how email works
(via deliverability.com)
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