Anatomy of a recent AI robocall and how I responded to it
Cambridge Honda made a totally illegal AI robocall to me inviting me to tell my vehicle to them. I’m going to sue them under the TCPA. Want to join me?
Category Archives: Spam
First Manufacturing Co. selling customer email addresses in violation of its own privacy policy
I used a unique, privacy-protecting email address at their site. Over a year later a different company that sells the same type of gear spammed that address.
When I complained to First Manufacturing about it, an AI answered.
Scam email I wrote about last week is part of an ongoing campaign
The scammers are getting better, but it’s not clear what their end goal is.
Hilariously bad scam email obviously written by AI
This email from “Michael Nussbaum”, allegedly a “Managing Partner, Executive Search & Strategic Advisory”, is chock-full of red flags. Either this is a scam, or Nussbaum is incompetent.
Suspicious email from “pulse <root@overlinux.com>”: malicious or just dumb?
The person who sent this email is either extremely clueless or up to no good. It’s hard to say for certain which.
Tampermonkey script: no, Newegg, I don’t freakin’ want to subscribe
Script to prevent Newegg from subscribing me to their spam against my will.
Case study: anonymizing email addresses for online accounts
Why you might want to anonymize the email addresses for your online accounts, some techniques for how to do that, and the details of how I did it myself, including stats, stories, and scripts.
Python 3 port of open source email guardian TMDA (Tagged Message Delivery Agent)
I ported TMDA from Python 2 to Python 3 so I could keep using it on my mail server. Turns out somebody already did that, but here’s my port anyway in case it’s useful to someone.
Why you should not use RegScale
Companies that engage in slimy marketing practices tend to be slimy companies. RegScale fits that description, so you should avoid doing business with them.
Why I can’t support Quentin Palfrey for Massachusetts Attorney General and you shouldn’t either
Executive Summary Quentin Palfrey thinks that rules don’t apply to him, which is a catastrophic character flaw in someone campaigning to be the state’s highest law-enforcement official. Also, there are several other, better candidates in the race. You should support one of them instead. Quentin Palfrey thinks that rules don’t apply to him On December… Read More: Why I can’t support Quentin Palfrey for Massachusetts Attorney General… »