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Most of the blame can be thrown on M$ generated spam. It has been shown numerous times that Windows is responsible for most of the world’s spam. Technical measures taken to thwart botnets have not included fixing the root cause, the utter lack of security on Windows or booting infected machines off networks. Instead ISPs have been forced to take steps favorable to M$, such as port blocks, that have made the problem worse.

M$ has also demonstrated considerable malice. Truthout’s, news letter was blocked for political reasons. Given the company’s wide ranging smear campaigns and other anti-competitive behavior, we should not be surprised to find “technical” glitches at various ISPs that blocked email to specific individuals on M$’s shit list. I know of people this has happened to.

A terrific class action suit is waiting to happen over these things. As Richard Stallman said about 9/11, “What I am worried about is massive surveillance of all aspects of life: of our phone calls, of our email, and of our physical movements.”. We now know that equipment to do just that was deployed. It’s purpose is to harass political opposition and eliminate economic competition. A real dollar amount can be assigned to this oppression and those responsible should pay. If we do not punish those who profited from tyranny, we will never gain back our privacy and freedom.