08.24.06
SpamMailBag.com
I'd like to introduce my latest project... SpamMailBag.com. Here's the plan:
Using domain/task specific email addresses, I will be signing up for various services, websites and posting on various forums. I'm also hoping to pull some favours and have some fellow bloggers do blog specific ones.... For example I will be setting up computerdefense.org@spammailbag.com. I would give other examples but that would negate the effort. All emails will automatically be posted to SpamMailBag.com.
What is the goal? Well, for me it's simply a social project. I'm curious to see which services and websites requiring sign-ups sell your information and who they sell it to. I'm curious to see which blogs are harvested and which aren't, I'm curious to see which forums are harvested. I may even ask users to create contacts for certain addresses in outlook and outlook express or maybe gmail or hotmail to see if those addresses end up elsewhere.
For me, it will be a fun project... Maybe I'll even email The Colbert Report, or take out custom ads in the paper to see if anyone harvests from TV and Newspaper/Magazine ads.
Additionally, as the addresses become more popular, I may end up with a bit of a honeypot for new email malware... Maybe I'll catalogue phishing attempts or scams... and maybe I'll see viagra advertisements so often that I'll end up buying some...
It my flop... but it may work out really well and if it does I may be calling in favours as far as hosting goes, I'm not sure just how much I'll be able to effectively handle.
Those of you eager to check it out... I've yet to deploy the site... it currently points to a VERY old domain that until recently was hosted elsewhere... I'm hoping to have the SpamMailBag.com blog up before I go to bed and if not, then in the very near future.
Peace,
HT
