[Full-disclosure] Google creates SPAM haven

[Stan Bubrouski]

On 2/11/06, Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu <Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:32:43 EST, Stan Bubrouski said:
> > you up for groups you don't want to be in, your messages get posted to
> > Google groups without your permission, along with your code etc...
>
> Messages and code being reposted is hardly a Google-specific problem.
>

hehe no doubt

> It's a potential problem *anytime* you hit that 'Send' button.
>

Yeah but typically lists and whatnot these days require confirmation,
Google just blindly subscribes you when anyone requests it, I'm
assuming, since I didn't subscribe to any of the hacker or porn groups
I have to keep removing myself from.  Frankly if some Indian hacker
group thinks of me as l33t they have no idea what they're talking
about ;-)

-sb