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FTC Legalizes Porn Spam - Expect Plenty
from the wonderful dept
The latest move by our government to legitimize spam by simply adding rules that tell you how to spam properly, is this decision by the FTC that all porn spam must be labeled to say "SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT" (capital screaming required?). Also, such spam cannot contain "graphic material." In other words, porn spammers have just been told it's okay to spam. This should pretty much guarantee that we all start receiving a lot more pornographic spam - though, easily labeled so that anyone glancing over your shoulder (assuming you don't use filters) to check out your inbox will immediately see "SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT" everywhere. I'm a bit surprised they're doing this, considering the recent ridiculous crackdown on "indecency." Not that I have a problem with anyone viewing whatever porn they want - but it should be their choice, and not forced upon them by spammers.
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Now we can't complain we weren't warned ... right ?
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Good Idea
It has the same effect as blocking it.
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I mean we won't see too many actual spam emails with the words "SEXUALLY EXPLICIT" in the subject line...
what we'll actually see is:
S3XU8LL7 3XPLIC1T
or
S EX.U.AL.Y XXXPLICIT
and the zillion other variants.
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