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So why not send it as spam? The key here is hiding in the this can be done in multiple ways. 1. Encode fake spam and send spam thousands of people with it. 2.
by antihero 12y ago
So why not send it as spam? The key here is hiding in the this can be done in multiple ways.
1. Encode fake spam and send spam thousands of people with it.
2. Also send lots of real spam to your intended targets.
Their spam filter could then attempt decoding and identify the fake spam from the real spam, and you just look like a big nasty old spammer.
The thing I like about this approach is that for all we know, it's used already, and some of those junk emails that we've got, you know, maybe even a classic, could have actually been messages from some spy agency that contained a message!
- peterwaller 12y agoIf only then it were a solution which scaled and didn't have harmful effects..
- Karunamon 12y agoDepends on how you define "harm" i suppose. Considering it's not real spam, there's not a real scam company on the other side of the message waiting to grab your cash, the "damage" is a few hundred kilobytes of text ending up in the spam can along with all the other legitimate spammers.