stalinism

[Matej Kovacic]

Hi,

I have got a "good" idea for a business.

Let's create an anti spammning list. Invest some amount of money into 
advertising of it. Maybe create a small application, which will update 
clients with new block list.

When you will have a wide market share, no one will be able to sent 
email from "listed" e-mail address to anyone.

Than you can start creating viruses or trojan horses which will send 
spam and put innocent victiom to your block list.

As found in report CyberInsecurity: The Cost Of Monopoly 
(http://www.ccianet.org/papers/cyberinsecurity.pdf), there is growth of 
new internet users in perifery, that means newcoming internet users are 
security unaware. This new and future numerous internet users are more 
vulnerable to viruses, so your "marketing strategy" could have a long 
and happy future.
And you will be doing double good work: you will fight spammers (whoever 
they are - see Felten's article Keystone SpamKops 
(http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000014.html), and you will 
force "newbies" to become security educated.
And besides, you will get rich.

OK, sarcasm off: I really think this is some kind of stalinism. If 
someone says you will be punished EVEN you are clearly innocent and even 
you are a victiom too, this is gangster rule. If this becomes a norm, it 
means death of rule of the law and wide opens the door to arbitrary 
stalinistic reign.

I think this is very important problem, endangering our rights and 
freedoms in the same measure (or even more) as they can be endangered by 
the government.

bye,
Matej

>>        c.. You are an innocent party that has been included in a wider
>>listing policy because your provider is happy to host spammer(s) that have
>>        d.. You had your machine hijacked by one or more spammers who have
>>spammed a SORBS spamtrap or admin.
>>        e.. You have a machine with a virus or trojan that has spammed a
>>SORBS spamtrap or admin.
>>        g.. You inherited the netblock or address after your provider moved
>>a spammer.
>>      SORBS will not delist you without paying the 'fine' for any of these
>>reasons.

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