Stupidity and Money Wins: BlueSecurity Folds

[Bill Thompson]

I had been recommending Blue Security on my website to help fight spam. It was the best thing going to stop spam.

It was so good that the spammers fought back claiming that Blue Security was the bad guy to people signed up on the Blue Security website.

And stupidity won. Blue Security folded



en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Frog

[Bill Thompson]

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5411437

"Day to Day, May 17, 2006 · Blue Security Inc. was launched two years ago to fight spam -- those annoying, unsolicited junk e-mails that fill many inboxes. But the spammers won, and the Silicon Valley firm shut down Wednesday. Madeleine Brand discusses the spam battle with Blue Security founder and chairman Eran Reshef."

[Bill Thompson]

Who profits from spam?

You might be suprised:

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3078642/

[Alliterative Andy]

Blue Frog ceased operations in May 2006. This is news now?