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#1 2005-12-15 12:08:23
- SpaceNut
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Re: Spam
Since no topic has been started I will put for one for discusion or not..
I know that computer threats come in a varity of forms now a days and not just the virial type anymore.
From spyware, dialer programs, unsolicited junk e-mail and more but why can it not be stopped is the question.
Being even as careful as I know most everyone is that understands this topic that it only takes a little defensive slip and your PC maybe headed for the scrap heap.
There has been a few cases in the news with regards to a few of the topic area problems but little action seems forth coming in the form of law that can be enforced.
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#2 2005-12-30 06:12:04
- falkor
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Re: Spam
There has been a few cases in the news with regards to a few of the topic area problems but little action seems forth coming in the form of law that can be enforced.
SpaceNut you may be interested in the following small success 
Businessman wins e-mail spam case Tuesday, 27 December 2005, 15:00 GMT
A businessman has won what is believed to be the first victory of its kind by claiming damages from a company which sent him e-mail spam.
Nigel Roberts, who lives in Alderney in the Channel Islands, took action against Media Logistics UK over junk e-mails in his personal account.
Under new European laws, companies can be sued for sending unwanted e-mails.
The Stirlingshire-based firm has agreed to pay £270 compensation to Mr Roberts, who runs an internet business.
'Tiny victory'
Three years ago the EU passed an anti-spam law, the directive on privacy and telecommunications, which gave individuals the right to fight the growing tide of unwanted e-mail by allowing them to claim damages.
Mr Roberts received unwanted e-mail adverts for a contract car firm and a fax broadcasting business and decided to take action against the company.
The company filed an acknowledgement of the claim at Colchester County Court but did not defend it and a judge ruled in favour of Mr Roberts.
In an out-of-court agreement Media Logistics agreed to pay Mr Roberts damages of £270 plus his £30 filing fee.
Mr Roberts said he had limited his claim to a maximum of £300 in order to qualify to file it as a small claim.
He said: "This may be a tiny victory but perhaps now spammers will begin to realise that people don't have to put up with their e-mail inboxes being filled with unwanted junk."
No-one from Media Logistics UK was available for comment.
A spokesman for the Information Commissioner's Office, the watchdog who oversees the Data Protection Act, said it was the first case of its kind he had heard of.
He said: "What I can say is that I haven't heard of anyone doing so and we haven't taken a case under that legislation."
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#3 2005-12-30 10:08:04
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Re: Spam
It would also seem like the threats can come from unepected places as well.
[url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643583/]Sony BMG reaches deal in spyware flap
Proposed settlement would compensate consumers with free music[/url]
Someone hacked the copyright protection area of there CDs and it has caused quite the problem...
Software intended to limit copies
Sony began including MediaMax on some of its discs in August 2003 and introduced XCP last January. Both software programs limited the number of copies of a disc that a user can make.
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#4 2005-12-30 18:35:28
- Commodore
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Re: Spam
Just use web based email. That way you have to try real hard to get whatever the message is laced with.
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