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They would have a better shot at an actual lawsuit against those companies and not so much the users. well maybe not so but I'm sure Craigslist wouldn't win in a lawsuit. That would be like the FBI bringing in cocaine, selling it and then busting the people that buy it. Thank you.įiled Under: battles, black hat, marketing, spam We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise - and every little bit helps. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support.
#Craigslist auto poster blackhat registration#
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites - especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis. Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. If it doesn't, however, it could be toast for the success story of Craigslist." Craigslist may find something that works. Much of the back and forth battle can be followed in various forums. Craigslist hasn't countered that trick yet.
#Craigslist auto poster blackhat verification#
Spammers tried using their own free ringtone sites to get many users to accept the Craigslist verification call, then type in the password from the voice message. Spammers tried using number-portability services like Grand Central and Tossable Digits. Only one account is allowed per phone number. Posting in some categories now requires a callback phone call, with a password sent to the user either by voice or as an SMS message. Its latest gimmick is phone verification. The personals sections were the first to go, then the services categories, and more recently, the job postings.Ĭraigslist is fighting back. Some categories on Craigslist have become over 90% spam. With these power tools, the defenses of Craigslist have been overrun. For spammers preferring a service-oriented approach, there's ItsYourPost.
#Craigslist auto poster blackhat software#
Other desktop software products are AdBomber and Ad Master. Automatic monitoring detects when a posting has been flagged as spam and reposts it.ĬL Auto Poster isn't the only such tool. E-mail addresses for reply are Gmail accounts conveniently created by Jiffy Gmail Creator ("Who Else Wants to Create Unlimited Gmail Accounts in Seconds Flat Without Breaking a Sweat?") An OCR system reads the obscured text in the CAPTCHA. IP proxy sites are used to post from a wide range of IP addresses. Random text is added to each spam message to fool Craigslist's duplicate message detector. It not only posts to Craigslist automatically, it has built-in strategies to overcome each Craigslist anti-spam mechanism. A tool called CL Auto Posting Tool is one such product. Several commercial products are now available to overcome those little obstacles to bulk posting. And users can flag postings they recognize as spam. They added a CAPTCHA to stop automated posting tools. They require users to register with a valid E-mail address. They check for excessive posts from a single IP address. Craigslist tries to stop spamming by checking for duplicate submissions. This year, the spammers started winning and are taking over Craigslist. "Spam on Craigslist has been a minor nuisance for years. The back and forth nature of this battle is fascinating - and somewhat disturbing when you realize the lengths to which spammers will go to get spam onto Craigslist, and the extent to which an entire ecosystem of scammers and software providers seems to have been built up around this effort: Mike Masnick John Nagle writes in with a fascinating dissection of the ongoing battle between Craigslist and spammers.
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