[Python-Dev] Summary of Tracker Issues

[Aaron Brady]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen J. Turnbull [mailto:stephen at xemacs.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 5:10 AM
> To: Aaron Brady
> Cc: 'Georg Brandl'; python-dev at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Summary of Tracker Issues
> 
> Aaron Brady writes:
> 
>  > > ISTM you need one only question requiring human attention at a time,
>  > > because once a spammer assigns a human (or inhuman of equivalent
>  > > intelligence) to cracking you, you're toast.
>  >
>  > I can't believe this is still profitable.  It's either lucrative or
>  > fulfilling, and malice, if the latter.
> 
> That's precisely my point.  I don't think it is profitable, and
> therefore at a reasonable expense to us (one of us makes up a question
> every couple of days) we can make the tracker an unprofitable target
> for spammers, and probably avoid most spam.
> 
> There's ample evidence of malicious behavior by spammers who feel
> threatened or thwarted, though.

Can we spam back?  /blink/ Click here for free therapy. //blink/