Comments on: Microsoft sues alleged IM spammers, phishers

Microsoft has taken out a lawsuit against companies and individuals that have allegedly attempted to obtain usernames and passwords from users of its IM service.

[monkeyfun14]

Anyone ever find out why court documents are ussually overly long and the text is complicated to translate?

[monkeyfun14]

Btw the lawyer Microsoft is one of the best in the US gl whoever.

[viper396]

Legal documents are always verbose to insure all details are covered completely. Otherwise, some simple missing detail, technical omission, even a misspelling can be used by the other party to get the case thrown out.

[Random_Walk]

Cool. A handful down, 10,000+ more to go.

[jessiethe3rd]

Every little bit helps - goes to show that Microsoft does actually care about its users and their privacy.

[Random_Walk]

No, they care about their bottom line and reputation. This is certainly not a bad thing to do as a corporation (depending on your actions), but pretending that they care about anything else but the shareholders is ludicrous.

[rapier1]

The same is pretty much true for every publicly traded corporation.

[Vegaman_Dan]

See now, this is just proof taht Microsoft is evil and should be shut down. They are intentionally going after a group who simply wants to share with you some information they think you may be interested in. Why should Microsoft stop these people from sending unsolicited messages whenever / wherever they want?

Foo on you, Microsoft for trying to defend end users.

(And I certainly hope people can see the parody there)

[Perry_Clease]

The one in six people who have responded to spam will agree with you :)

[Random_Walk]

I can see the parody, but you certainly made a whole lot of bad assumptions in constructing it.

(hint: biting sarcasm bites because it ostensibly holds some truth in it. I doubt you would/could find anyone who would cheer on spammers/phishers and the like...)

[Vegaman_Dan]

I don't think anyone would support spam or cheer for it unless they were profiting by it in some manner.

[terminalblue]

i have stopped using messenger because of the spam

[biffhenerson]

Make an example of them. Seize all assets and Lock em up!

[shycelticwitch]

Sometimes being the biggest kid on the block means you just get hit harder when the little guys start fighting back. I would call this issue the LEAST of MIcrosoft's problems. They really should be concerned about the mental health of it's founder. After all... he publicly announced he can stop a hurricane.

ROFLMMFAO

[rapier1]

Actually the process he suggested may be feasible and a potential source of profit. Lets say you have a Cat 3 bearing down on Central Florida. You can estimate the damages in the range of several hundreds of millions if not more. Insurance companies would have to payout on a significant portion of those claims. So, why not just hire a fleet of cold water pumping barges to reduce the strength of the hurricane for a few million and save yourself some cash?

[shellcodes_coder]

They are doing the right thing