full-disclosure - Google creates SPAM haven

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Date: Sat Feb 11 17:13:53 2006
From: stan.bubrouski at gmail.com (Stan Bubrouski)
Subject: Google creates SPAM haven

I was added to this group without permission as well.

-sb

On 2/11/06, Adam Laurie <adam.laurie@...bunker.net> wrote:
> I find it hard to believe that with all the resources at Google's
> disposal, they are unable to find technicians or project managers,
> designers, or whatever, that have any idea how the interweb works...
> Amazingly, despite years of SPAM being a huge problem, they have now
> created a system that allows spammers to set up mailing lists, add you
> to them unauthenticated, and then spam you by simply mailing the list
> and letting Google take care of the rest...
>
>    http://groups.google.co.in/intl/en/googlegroups/about.html
>
> A couple of days ago I got the following unsolicited message:
>
> >  harpreet1977@...il.com has added you to the hackers a to z group with this
> > message:
> >
> > Fed up with worms, viruses and hackers messing with your computer? Want to
> > know how they do it? How to defend? How to fight back? "You take the blue pill
> > and the story ends.... Take the red pill and I'll show you how deep the rabbit
> > hole goes,"
>
> Within half an hour I started to receive posts to the group (typical
> script-kiddie crap). At no point did I need to send a confirmation mail
> or hit a URL to say I wanted to be subscribed...
>
> Google's solution to this? I can block it in "My subscriptions". WTF???
> So, as well as receiving unsolicited mail from Google (i.e., errr...
> SPAM), I'm now expected to go and subscribe to a service I have no
> interest in for the sole purpose of NOT receiving it???? Give me a
> frikkin break!
>
> cheers,
> Adam
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