Wednesday, November 26. 2008

Facebook Vs. Adam Guerbuez And Atlantis Blue Capital

Posted by Neil Schwartzman in Canada, North America, United States

Facebook won an immense judgement against Montreal, Canada spammer and phisher Adam Guerbuez.

Guerbuez has a storied history, having been found arrested for uttering threats in 1997, charged with murder in 2000, faced marjuana charges in 2004 and perhaps most interestingly his online presence which began in 2003, he interviewed in the Montreal Mirror about his bum-fighting (homeless people paid to beat one another) websites crazypricks.com and bumvision.com. Currently he runs ballervision.com

Facebook's lawyers submitted this affidavit to the court outlining the character of Mr. Guerbuez, including his involvement with Neo-Nazi groups, and his criminal past.

CAUCE has been quoted today in the aftermath

NewsFactor Network

CTV

CAUCE President John levine also has some commentary on his personal blog
The Globe and Mail quotes Federal Task Force on Spam member Michael Geist regarding the lack of Canadian spam law and enforcement.

The Montreal Gazette makes note of Guerbuez' notorious past

Mr. Guerbuez's personal blog refutes any notoriety.


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Sunday, November 9. 2008

CAUCE Executive Director Neil Schwartzman on CTV Newsnet speaking to Canadian Inactivity regarding Spam Laws

Posted by Neil Schwartzman in Canada

CAUCE Executive Director Neil Schwartzman appeared on CTV Newsnet November 07, 2008

http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/spammed-out/#clip110343


Tuesday, September 9. 2008

CAUCE Executive Director Neil Schwartzman interviewed by CBC Radio

Posted by J.D. Falk in Canada
Earlier today Neil Schwartzman, the CAUCE Executive Director, did a series of interviews for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio 'drive' shows. He focused on why Canada doesn't (yet) have anti-spam legislation, who is behind the spam we all receive, why and how laws will help, and how internet users can protect themselves. Here's a recording of one of the interviews, conducted by All Points West host Jo-Ann Roberts for the Victoria, British Columbia CBC Radio One station, reproduced with permission.
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Wednesday, February 7. 2007

Terrorism by Bot, and Consumers aren't as dumb as marketers think they are

Posted by Neil Schwartzman in Canada
I was quoted 'above the fold' in a recent Information Week article, talking about spam-distributed botnets being a vector for real-world terrorist attacks. A few minutes later a piece on the .ORG TLD being under attack crossed the wires.

In the interests of clarity, I do work for Return Path but like this consumer study quite well anyway - it basically says that consumers know what they are doing when they hit the 'This is Spam' button at freemail sites. For a long time there has been a faint hope held by marketers that their stuff isn't being regarded as spam, those hopes seem dashed now. Go consumers!
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Thursday, January 25. 2007

Anti-spyware Coalition Best Common Practices document open for public commentary

Posted by Neil Schwartzman in Canada, United States
N.B. CAUCE Canada and CAUCE participated in the development of these documents.

Best Practices Suggestions Document

Building upon the Definitions and Risk Model documents, the Best Practices document aims to expand past defining what behaviors and consent factors will currently make software potentially unwanted and to focus upon making the marketplace better. This document highlights the sorts of technological behaviors that limit the negative impact of potentially unwanted technologies.

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Comments can be made at http://www.antispywarecoalition.org/comments/ or by sending email to asc_comments@cdt.org.
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