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S.p.a.m.m.e.r.s find a new trick
Posted by James Grimmelmann on Tuesday, February 04 @ 17:21:48 EST Consumers
Now that many email providers are running word filters, the spam-Borg have figured out a new way around the filters: C'R'E'A'T'1'V'E p,u,n,c,t,u,a,t,i,o,n and the occasional haxorism. Declan McCullagh's Politech has a sample spam. (Warning: adult subject matter).
 
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Not exactly new (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 04 @ 19:43:46 EST
This technique is not exactly new. SpamAssassin flags these variations as g a p p y t e x t.


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