Matthew Garrett ([info]mjg59) wrote,
2008-08-14 12:19:00
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Things I have learned in the past 24 hours

  • Websites that claim you'll never be able to get them taken down are quite easy to get taken down
  • Legal threats are an excellent way of obtaining information
  • The IP address used to subscribe me (and several others) to a vast number of mailing lists was 68.57.223.4. Which seems to belong to Ryan Farmer. "Fucking hero", my arse.
Edited to add:

07-08-2008 03:25:56 -!- AlmightyCthulhu!n=Almighty@c-68-57-223-4.hsd1.in.comcast.net has joined #ubuntu-kernel

$ host c-68-57-223-4.hsd1.in.comcast.net
c-68-57-223-4.hsd1.in.comcast.net has address 68.57.223.4

Just in case anyone thought I was being unfair here.
Tags: advogato, fedora

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Anonymous

August 14 2008, 12:10:01 UTC 3 years ago

Hehe

Priceless, I was hoping that this is would be the outcome. Absolutely ridiculous, this guy.
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[info]lionsphil

August 14 2008, 12:15:26 UTC 3 years ago

Epic.
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[info]fooishbar

August 14 2008, 12:22:20 UTC 3 years ago

Yeah, I wish 13-year olds would just stick to drinking cheap beer in the park and trying to get laid, rather than having anything to do with me (with the bonus that the odds of getting punched in the face are far higher). On the upside, it didn't take an eternity to clear my inbox.

Anonymous

August 14 2008, 16:49:22 UTC 3 years ago

Dude, I remember when you were a 13 year "Linux Kernel Developer." :)

[info]fooishbar

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[info]schmexygeek

August 14 2008, 12:31:17 UTC 3 years ago

Good

Wow, for once justice can be served. You should press charges on that guy.
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Anonymous

August 14 2008, 12:44:36 UTC 3 years ago

Re: Good

Even if not, he'll have enough problems once word gets round that that's the sort of crap he gets up to.
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[info]http://raisama.net/diary/

August 14 2008, 12:47:01 UTC 3 years ago

spamza

Did the guy used that spamza.com "service" (that fortunately is not online anymore) that was at 67.212.9.36?

Did you manage to get their logs? I suppose many other people would love to see them. 8)

Anonymous

August 14 2008, 13:07:14 UTC 3 years ago

Could you elaborate on how did you find the ip that subscribed you?

[info]mjg59

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[info]http://raisama.net/diary/

August 19 2008, 12:48:32 UTC 3 years ago

Re: spamza

Now somebody has subscribed the e-mail address that is at the bottom of my blog, last night. Let's see how bogofilter will handle this.
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[info]hub_

August 14 2008, 14:03:38 UTC 3 years ago

and he hasn't been K-Lined?
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[info]https://login.launchpad.net/+id/kQwFezP

August 14 2008, 14:10:14 UTC 3 years ago

The sad thing is that so many people buyed the story from this 'fucking hero'. tsc tsc.
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[info]captain_aj

August 14 2008, 14:54:41 UTC 3 years ago

this kind of heavy-handed legal action is yet more proof that your part of the Micro$haft agenda to crush linux which started with you supporting a BIOS that WIPES LUNIX WITH DRM, traitor

[info]zaitcev

August 14 2008, 17:13:18 UTC 3 years ago

Seriously though, I'm not convinced in the logic of "mimicing the Windows" in ACPI, even though Matthew explained it in very convincing detail. Regardless of the sophistry, it's an excellent way to surrender the agenda to Microsoft. Perhaps in ACPI it's not as dangerous, considering that we have parts of Intel pushing for per-capability checks in reference implementations, but look at the bigger picture. Miggie alone is scandalous. Personally, I have exposure to USB side of things and found "follow the Windows" not entirely satisfactory.

[info]lordmuck

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[info]realmotk

August 15 2008, 00:17:00 UTC 3 years ago

Shape-shifting reptoid, remember? The fact that he's not into feelthy upskirt pictures also means he's a communist, and plans on corrupting our precious bodily fluids.
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Anonymous

August 14 2008, 14:55:29 UTC 3 years ago

Seems the fella has a hard time understanding how you can be tracked through your IP.
http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=5ec79655792b80165cc143fd80c75640&t=871414
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Anonymous

August 14 2008, 15:26:40 UTC 3 years ago

Good grief, this Ryan Farmer guy could only get better if he came with a complimentary tub of popcorn with curry on top.
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Anonymous

August 14 2008, 15:43:05 UTC 3 years ago

'Ubuntu' and 'kernel' in the same sentence.

I thought that these words were antonyms. Oh, well :).
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[info]deviant_

August 14 2008, 19:49:11 UTC 3 years ago

Well, he's certainly never going to be a citizen of Liberia.
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[info]izanbardprince

August 14 2008, 20:05:28 UTC 3 years ago

Oh noez, allow me to open my wrists over that!
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[info]jldugger

August 14 2008, 20:33:04 UTC 3 years ago

Also, advertisers don't like being associated with spam. It's bad enough for them already, without the bad PR ;-)
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[info]fragglet

August 14 2008, 20:47:08 UTC 3 years ago

Why?

So what is his problem with you, exactly? Do you think he was pissed after you proved him wrong over the ACPI stuff and took it personally? I didn't see any open flaming before this event.
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[info]mjg59

August 14 2008, 22:23:56 UTC 3 years ago

Re: Why?

Christ knows. Some dudes just suck.
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Anonymous

August 17 2008, 09:26:54 UTC 3 years ago

" 07-08-2008 03:25:56 -!- AlmightyCthulhu!n=Almighty@c-68-57-223-4.hsd1.in.comcast.net has joined #ubuntu-kernel

$ host c-68-57-223-4.hsd1.in.comcast.net
c-68-57-223-4.hsd1.in.comcast.net has address 68.57.223.4"

Is signing people up for spam a violation of Comcast's AUP I wonder?

http://www.comcast.net/terms/use/

It prohibits spam, though he could claim that spamza did the actual spamming. It also prohibits impersonation, and the spamza site is only vaguely legal based on the fiction that people are signing themselves up for spam. Finally of course, he could just claim he's not doing it.

But Comcast probably has logs, and he's probably the sort of person that's violating their AUP in all sorts of ways because he's a highly arrogant sociopath. So why not contact them? At least it'll get him off your back. Seems far better than having a long running public dispute with the guy which will inevitably damage your reputation from blowback.
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Anonymous

August 19 2008, 18:20:49 UTC 3 years ago

So, did the IP come from the spamsite owner or not?

Hey Matthew,
completely unrelated 3rd party here, but can you show some evidence that you got the IP from the guy you say you got it from? I think he'd be easy to convince to... rea$$e$$ his role on this, but then, you might have been a bit overeager to find the spammer.


Dan

[info]mjg59

August 19 2008, 18:22:55 UTC 3 years ago

Re: So, did the IP come from the spamsite owner or not?

I can, yes. If you've got some reason to see it, let me know by email.

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