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Not only that but a new vector is like a gold rush. It's a virus infected a new host that hasn't developed an immune response. A new vector (probably) hasn't b
by quickthrower2 6y ago
Not only that but a new vector is like a gold rush. It's a virus infected a new host that hasn't developed an immune response.
A new vector (probably) hasn't built hardness yet against spam, like for example email with apps like Gmail filtering out most spam and SPF etc.
If you start a forum, you expect spam, and there will be tools in the forum software to deal with it. But something new that isn't a traditional place to spam may be caught off guard.
- aahhahahaaa 6y agoYeah you have to assume that if a user can input anything, someone will use it to spam. Text, photos, video, audio... literally any form of user input.
- Avamander 6y agoI've recently started getting spam via various service providers' password reset e-mails. "Hi buy this pill quick and cheap from http://here* http://here*, you requested a password reset" Hhhhhhrrrrgh
- aahhahahaaa 6y agoOh wow that's even better than analytics referrer spam.
- quickthrower2 6y agoI suspect there are bots that go looking for forms to fill in without knowing what the context is, i.e. they'll target anything with an input tag.