Analyzing AT&T's Anti-Anti-Spam Patent 314
An anonymous reader writes "Dan Gillmor is reporting in his eJournal taken, in turn, from Gregory Aharonian: AT&T has apparently been awarded a patent for circumventing certain spam filters, thereby providing slimeball spammers with yet a bigger hammer!" The patent covers "A system and method for circumventing schemes that use duplication detection to detect and block unsolicited e-mail (spam.)", although it's unclear exactly what AT&T want it for.
That gives me an idea! (Score:5, Funny)
Up next.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hey! Shortsighted people! (Score:4, Funny)
Which would make it an anti-anti-anti-spam technique
THey've patented something... illegal? (Score:3, Funny)
Okay. I can work with that. Now I shall patent a method to circumvent systems that use visual inspections to detect and block illegal quantities of cocaine from entering national and/or state jurisdictions.
Forget trying to wrest money out of some crummy /spammers/.
The next big patents? (Score:5, Funny)
And recursively more anti- as well?
I sure hope AT&T don't enforce this patent (Score:3, Funny)
Wow. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:ATT will be selling circumvention (Score:5, Funny)
ATT sells their spam circumvention patents to SCO, who, dying from their fight with IBM, seeks to build a new business providing software tools for the spam community.
Re:ATT will be selling circumvention (Score:1, Funny)
But there's more... I'll also be patenting the Anti-Anti-Anti-Anti-Spam technology.
Next, I'll apply for the Anti-Anti-Anti-Anti-Anti-Spam technique...
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A world of AT&T only spam? (Score:3, Funny)
Infinite Loop? (Score:3, Funny)
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