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Spimmer Gets Busted By Company He Thinks He's Contracting With Posted by Pile (4652 views) [E-Mail link] [Technology] An 18-year old from New York was arrested last Wednesday when he discovered a way to send unsolicited messages to peoples' personal information managers (called "Spimming" because someone apparently thinks we don't have enough goofy names for various procedures). He sent out "spam" messages to people threatening to publicize the technique unless an exclusive marketing deal was signed with him, legitimizing his activity. Of course, when he flew to California to "legitimize the deal", he found a legitimate pair of handcuffs waiting for him. Details.     Comments   Name: (change name for anonymous posting) Title: Comments:     1 Article displayed.

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