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The opt-out from hell

One problem with making your email address available (which I will continue to do, don't worry) is that folks with something to sell assume you're interested in their stuff. To wit, let's consider an email I received today (copied, headers and all, after Read More...

Posted 16 September 08 12:22 by Steve Riley | 8 Comments   
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My blog is not a forum for advertisements

It's bad enough that the blasted spammers pollute the value of blogs and open forums by hijacking them with their nefarious comments for questionable pharmaceuticals claiming to extend particular body parts. I have recently received, only via private Read More...

Posted 30 September 06 10:17 by Steve Riley | 9 Comments   
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Cluelessness abounds

So yesterday I received a rather interesting email. Subject: "INFOSEC Scholarships & Fellowships for PhD or MS + Free CISSP Exam Prep Events." Hm, I didn't know that "information security" suddenly became an all-caps acronym. How come no one asks Read More...

Posted 14 September 05 09:08 by Steve Riley | 2 Comments   
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