Comments on SPAM, SPIT AND NOW SKUMTypePad2008-09-24T16:06:11ZAndy Abramsonhttps://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/2008/09/spam-spit-and-n/comments/atom.xml/J.A. Watson commented on 'SPAM, SPIT AND NOW SKUM'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b99869e2010534cc10a0970b2008-09-25T06:58:43Z2014-01-07T01:17:47ZJ.A. Watsonhttp://profile.typekey.com/J.A.Watson/Andy, the "evil geniuses" didn't have to look very far to find a way around Skype "security" - the Skype...<p>Andy, the "evil geniuses" didn't have to look very far to find a way around Skype "security" - the <b>Skype Cheerleading Squad</b> (a.k.a. <a href="http://www.skypejournal.com" rel="nofollow">The Skype Journal</a>) published detailed instructions on how to set up a SPIM (Spam over IM) empire in <a href="http://skypejournal.com/blog/2008/03/the_skype_journal_evil_genius.html" rel="nofollow">March 2008</a>.</p>
<p>Skype is not likely to do anything about these spammers and pornographers, because the thousands of new Skype accounts they create every day contribute the lion's share of the massively inflated "339 million user accounts" that Skype constantly brags about.</p>
<p>jw</p>