From: "Marc Perkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm writing a paper that I'm submitting to an Internet Governance Forum
of the United Nations. Keeping in mind that free speech and freedom is
important, what would you change in the world to stop spam? I'm looking
for things that are actually possible and practical. Suggestions can be
anthing. My thoughts include things like requiring ISPs to provide
better firewalls for end users, requiring Microsoft to provide more hack
protection even for pirated versions of windows, ways to keep people
from impersonating other users, evolving the SMTP protocol ....
Looking for more ideas. Paper is due tomorrow.
My views are unpopular. When you nail down a spammer's name and have
VERY good likenesses of him put a large bounty on his capture. Once he
is captured tag him with a few dozen RFID tags and turn him loose. Then
if anyone finds him via the tags they are free to do with him what they
will - you know keelhauling, tossing out of airplanes at 40,000 feet
without a parachute, firing squads, drawing and quartering, and so forth.
That MIGHT be a severe enough penalty that people'd stop. Laws and silly
requirements are not going to stop it. Penalizing third parties will
simply make it worse in the long run. Penalizing those who get wealthy
from spam with a LONG prison sentence might do some good. They stay
inside until they have personally sent a snail-mail letter to ever
person in the world apologizing for their spamming, individually and
hand written. They also get to lick the envelope to seal it.
And I'm only half kidding about the punishments. Make it REALLY hurt
to be a spammer who gets caught. Then work hard to make it easy to
catch them.
{^_^}
