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When It’s Too Easy to Put Pictures on the Internet

Everyone knows that you shouldn’t drink and drive. A lesser known, but perhaps equally dire warning is “teenagers, digital cameras, and Internet access don’t mix well”. Consider the recent case of a group of cheerleaders from Thomas S. Wootton High School, in Rockville, Maryland. By all accounts this group of…

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Big Bust for Porn Spammers

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this week has announced the first big bust of spammers under the so-called “plain brown wrapper” provisions of CAN-SPAM. The plain brown wrapper rules require that, in addition to the CAN-SPAM requirements for commercial email to which all commercial emailers are subject, email which is…

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Porn is Out, Drugs are In

Timothy Leary would be proud. As a nation we are turning away from lurid sex displays in which women are debased and objectified, and turning towards drugs. At least in our spam. According AOL, and based on a recent analysis of their incoming spam (and they should know, they get…

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CEO of Online Auction Company Arrested for Home Porn Listed on Site

Forget upskirting and downblousing. What do you call it when you take a video of yourself during an..um…intimate moment – with a camera phone for chrissakes? How about this one: what do you call it when you take a video of yourself during an intimate moment with a camera phone,…

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Google Sued By Pornographer for Their Search Engine Working…Too Well?

Just when you think that you have heard everything. Perfect 10, a website which offers nude photos of women, has sued Internet search giant Google, claiming that Google’s search engine allows people to access lists of Perfect 10 usernames and passwords, and that it also allows them to view photos…

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Microsoft Sticks it to Porn Spammers

Three cheers for Microsoft, who just announced that this week they have filed seven more anti-spam lawsuits, this time taking aim specifically at porn spammers. The lawsuits, filed in the Washington State Superior Court in Kings County, were filed against seven “John Does”. A ‘John Doe’ lawsuit happens when the…