Re: Excerpt on SPAM from Edupage, 11 February 1997
At 02:05 AM 2/14/97 -0600, snow wrote:
Pete:
Yes, but why does monetary compensation make it then O.K.? I'd rather pay for my Internet access, then be bombarded by spam, no matter what they paid me! I think the best soln. is the one that is currently in place for phone calls - they can call once, but if I tell them not to call me again and they do, I can then begin legal action against them. I pay more per month for my phone service than my Internet service ( although in NY, *everything* is more expensive. ), and junk phone calls are way more intrusive then spam.
I figure if this scheme comes to fruition, I'll just set up a seperate account (or procmail) to filter out the spam, deposit the coin, and go on about my business.
That's fine...that's EXACTLY the way the system would work! Intentionally so! The purpose of the payment is not because the sender feels some sort of legal obligation to pay; rather it's analogous to a tip to a waiter. The sender makes the payment based on however much he _wants_ you to pay attention to his message, but fully aware that there is no guarantee that you'll do so. Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com
jim bell wrote:
At 02:05 AM 2/14/97 -0600, snow wrote:
Pete:
Yes, but why does monetary compensation make it then O.K.? I'd rather pay for my Internet access, then be bombarded by spam, no matter what they paid me! I think the best soln. is the one that is currently in place for phone calls - they can call once, but if I tell them not to call me again and they do, I can then begin legal action against them. I pay more per month for my phone service than my Internet service ( although in NY, *everything* is more expensive. ), and junk phone calls are way more intrusive then spam.
I figure if this scheme comes to fruition, I'll just set up a seperate account (or procmail) to filter out the spam, deposit the coin, and go on about my business.
That's fine...that's EXACTLY the way the system would work! Intentionally so! The purpose of the payment is not because the sender feels some sort of legal obligation to pay; rather it's analogous to a tip to a waiter.
The sender makes the payment based on however much he _wants_ you to pay attention to his message, but fully aware that there is no guarantee that you'll do so.
I can suggest a scheme where a fee would be attached to the message, and the recipient would be able to get the money only after having read and understood the message. For example, you might receive the following message (it could be encrypted by your public key to preserve the cash from the MITM): To: jimbell@pacifier.com From: spammer@dm1.com (Direct Marketing, by way of telysis.com) Subject: an encrypted cyberdollar for you X-Encrypted-Postage: 0891281229qwqoifoweihjrfiohsdlifhsluire82374029849 weuiyruiy3478ye874t23876459823y4897y5897y23849y589 39847578r3498yt893y75t9843y75t897y4385t9y74897gy77 X-Encryption-Key: in the message body Dear Jim, Here's one cyberdollar for you. It is "locked" by an encryption key. The cybercoin is encrypted by an IDEA key and you can find out the key by reading the message below: @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Valentines' day presents at www.cheap-stuff.com! An ideal Valentine's day present for your significant other, at a reduced cost for you! You can buy your loved one a thousand used condoms (mint condition) at a reduced rate of ONLY $5.95! Visit us at http://www.cheap-stuff.com/cgi-bin/condoms/key.cgi?name=jimbell to get your postage! @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The encryption key is located at the URL above. ########################################################################### My opinion on this: I personally feel that this scheme is the way to go for spammers. Obviously, it is possible to build mail readers that would verify some kind of trusted signature on the attached postage, and would highlight all such messages. The meaning of signature is "these people are not crooks, there really is an encrypted dollar there". Clearly, spammers who pay their readers to read their messages (and who do get them to read) will have a very high response rate. That may justify adding postage to their letters. The advantages are obvious. The disadvantage is a possibility of someone stealing the money on the way, if the letters are not encrypted. - Igor.
Igor said:
I can suggest a scheme where a fee would be attached to the message, and the recipient would be able to get the money only after having read and understood the message.
For example, you might receive the following message (it could be encrypted by your public key to preserve the cash from the MITM):
do get them to read) will have a very high response rate. That may justify adding postage to their letters.
The advantages are obvious. The disadvantage is a possibility of someone stealing the money on the way, if the letters are not encrypted.
That would be great. Sit home all day and hit web pages for a living.
snow wrote:
Igor said:
I can suggest a scheme where a fee would be attached to the message, and the recipient would be able to get the money only after having read and understood the message.
For example, you might receive the following message (it could be encrypted by your public key to preserve the cash from the MITM):
do get them to read) will have a very high response rate. That may justify adding postage to their letters.
The advantages are obvious. The disadvantage is a possibility of someone stealing the money on the way, if the letters are not encrypted.
That would be great. Sit home all day and hit web pages for a living.
Well, they will stop sending you money if they find out that you do not buy their products. - Igor.
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