full-disclosure - Re: spammer wades into US Presidential race

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Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 15:29:25 -0500
From: "Aaron Katz" <atkatz@...il.com>
To: stuart@...erdelix.net
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: spammer wades into US Presidential race

> FD is monitored by every major LEA in the world.  Posting here is a
> good way to notify all of them at once.

So, by your argument, I should send every spam, the first time I see
it, to full-disclosure.  I'm sure that will be particularly useful.

>
> Please drop this now.  Posting the fulltext of an incident is a
> legitimate use of this list.  The fact that it was spam is
> irrelevant.  The usefulness of the post was underscored by Wired.

Possible newsworthiness, due to potential political relevance, during
an election cycle was underscored by Wired.  Usefulness was not.

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