Submission + - Interview: One Man's Fight Against Forum Spam (freeinternetpress.com)
JWSmythe writes: "Free Internet Press has an interview with "Random Digilante", an anonymous hacker who has been taking over forum spammer's email accounts, and notifying forum operators to delete those accounts.
It looks like his reasoning is sound, and his methods are safe, where he won't hurt any real users.
Anyone who's used message boards has noticed, sooner or later spam becomes a serious problem. Without some proactive measures to slow the tide of ads for discount drugs, adult entertainment sites, and even cut rate name brand clothing, will overrun the forum. This person is doing something about it."
It looks like his reasoning is sound, and his methods are safe, where he won't hurt any real users.
Anyone who's used message boards has noticed, sooner or later spam becomes a serious problem. Without some proactive measures to slow the tide of ads for discount drugs, adult entertainment sites, and even cut rate name brand clothing, will overrun the forum. This person is doing something about it."
