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A few years ago, I would have said that the challenge-response approach was doomed to failure, but in light of the concentration of spam and phishing emanating
by ttul 2y ago
A few years ago, I would have said that the challenge-response approach was doomed to failure, but in light of the concentration of spam and phishing emanating from Gmail accounts, Gmail addresses are the new IP addresses. How long before someone starts distributing a Gmail address blocklist?
- johnklos 2y agoThat's a good idea in theory, but considering IPv4 addresses cost money and Gmail addresses are infinite for practical purposes, that wouldn't work. I don't know that I've ever seen the same Gmail address used more than once for spam and phishing. It'd be nice if Google did something about this. Until they do, I tell everyone that uses Google for email that they have to accept that they're hosting with one of the biggest sources of spam on the Internet that, as far as I'm aware, does absolutely nothing when spam from them is forwarded to their abuse addresses.