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Thu, Nov 6th 2003 12:59am — Mike Masnick
There have been so many stories about so-called "Messenger Spam" that it's a bit surprising that the FTC just woke up to the problem now. Messenger spam isn't about instant messaging, but having someone send messages to the Windows Messenger application that is normally used by SysAdmins to warn of downtime or something along those lines. Now, the FTC is planning to crack down on the practice. The article is a little unclear on what they're actually going to do other than to say "messenger spam is bad and you should stop doing it." However, the announcement is supposedly tied to a case against two people accused of using those sorts of messenger spam ads.
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    dorpus, 6 Nov 2003 @ 1:30am

    Probably not related but

    I got a text message on my cell phone today with nonsense poetry from an unknown source. Is that considered WiFi hacking?

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      LittleW0lf, 6 Nov 2003 @ 12:28pm

      Re: Probably not related but

      I got a text message on my cell phone today with nonsense poetry from an unknown source.

      Oops... sorry about that. :-)



      Just kidding...

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        anon, 6 Nov 2003 @ 1:05pm

        Re: Probably not related but

        Wifi hacking?? you phone has WiFi.. I doubt it. maybe your thinking bluetooth...

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