Tuesday, 17. December 2002

Topic: - on December 17, 2002 at 1:13:26 AM CET

The web bites back

Protesters are turning the tables on government officials and businessmen who they say are making the web less pleasant to use. The web activists have found the personal details of the man behind a federal surveillance system and an e-mail spammer and are giving them a dose of their own medicine. The home address and phone numbers of the two men being widely circulated and posted on more than 100 websites.

¬> BBC

Ganz reale Rache

Alan Ralsky ist ein Spam-Versender: Er macht sein Geld damit, Millionen von Menschen mit Werbung vollzumüllen. Jetzt bekommt er die Rache der Web-Gemeinde zu spüren: Derzeit bekommt er Post von "jeder Werbekampagne, die es gibt". Schneckenpost, auf Papier.

¬> Spiegel

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