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	<title>&#45; CircleID</title>
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		<title> JD Falk – a Decade Afterwards (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can still hear it. ‘Hee hee’. That’s good. We all have unique laughs, but few are distinctive. Fewer yet belly the true nature of the human being issuing them. British insult comedian Jimmy Carr has one such laugh, a tri-tone ‘dah dah DUH,’ rising on the third expulsion. It has a bell-like quality, ringing, embodying the deft touch that Don Rickles had of insulting while loving, something Carr has mastered. It lets you know that despite him having just said something shocking and horrid, he is laughing with, never at, reassuring the target, ‘all is well.’ <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20211119-remembering-jd-falk-10-years-later">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> Measuring Abuse: How Much COVID-Related Abuse Is There, Really? (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20200430-measuring-abuse-how-much-covid-related-abuse-is-there</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Like measuring COVID's impact, so too measuring the impact of COVID-related abuse on the Internet is difficult, there are those that would foolishly dismiss the danger entirely, others over-state the problem, perhaps to prompt sales of tools and services. The amount and type of abuse varies from network to network, and to declare everything is fine based on one world-view you believe to be ubiquitous, or that the sky is falling based upon another, extrapolated to 'everybody else' is simply poor analysis. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20200430-measuring-abuse-how-much-covid-related-abuse-is-there">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> RIP Don Blumenthal (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is with a heavy heart that we note the passing of a dear friend, colleague and member of the CAUCE board of directors, Don Blumenthal, on September 28, 2019, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was 67. Don was an anti-spammer for as long a there was an anti-spam community: he helped design, deploy and maintain the famous 'Spam Fridge,' the repository of junk email maintained by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20191003_rip_don_blumenthal">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> A Trebuchet Defence in the Age of the Augmented Reality Cyberwarrior (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20180531_trebuchet_defence_in_the_age_of_the_augmented_reality_cyberwarrior</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been ruminating on this for a while, this follow-up that was a decade in the offing. My article Trench Warfare in the Age of The Laser-Guided Missile from January 2007 did pretty good in terms of views since I wrote it. Less so in terms of how well the ideas aged or didn't, but that's the nature of the beast. Everything gets worse, and simultaneously, better, and so here we are: Using embarrassingly ancient approaches to next-generation threats. Plus ça change. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20180531_trebuchet_defence_in_the_age_of_the_augmented_reality_cyberwarrior">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> GDPR PII Time-Bomb? Kill it With Fire! (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20180526_gdpr_pii_time_bomb_kill_it_with_fire</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi! My name is spamfighter. I investigate spam and phish in a post-GDPR dystopia. Recently, I invented Fire, to save you millions of €uros. One day, my Boss suggested I automate some of my processes. I, for one, welcome our Robot Overlords (and a happy boss), but I can be exacting about the tools I use. Perhaps not to the degree of the infamous Van Halen 'no brown M&amp;M's' contractual clause but I have no patience for poorly-designed software, and truly dislike typing when... <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20180526_gdpr_pii_time_bomb_kill_it_with_fire">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> WHOIS: How Could I Have Been So Blind? (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20171208_whois_how_could_i_have_been_so_blind</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A colleague was recently commenting on an article by Michele Neylon "European Data Protection Authorities Send Clear Message to ICANN" citing the EU Data Commissioners of the Article 29 Working Party, the grouping a determinate factor In the impending death of WHOIS. He is on point when he said: What the European Data Protection authorities have not yet put together is that the protection of people's mental integrity on the Internet is not solely due to the action of law enforcement... <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20171208_whois_how_could_i_have_been_so_blind">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> The Criminals Behind WannaCry (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20170514_the_criminals_behind_wannacry</link>
		<description><![CDATA[359,000 computers infected, dozens of nations affected world-wide! A worm exploiting a Windows OS vulnerability that looks to the network for more computers to infect! This is the most pernicious, evil, dangerous attack, ever... Queue the gnashing of teeth and hand-wringing! Wait, what? WannaCry isn't unprecedented! Why would any professional in the field think so? I'm talking about Code Red, and it happened in July, 2001. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20170514_the_criminals_behind_wannacry">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> Sorry, Not Sorry: WHOIS Data Must Remain Public (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20170427_sorry_not_sorry_whois_data_must_remain_public</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In March, I posted a call to action to those of us in the community who have the inclination to fight against a movement to redact information critical to anti-abuse research. Today, I felt compelled to react to some of the discussions on the ICANN discussion list dedicated to the issue of WHOIS reform: Sorry, not sorry: I work every working hour of the day to protect literally hundreds of millions of users from privacy violating spam, phish, malware, and support scams. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20170427_sorry_not_sorry_whois_data_must_remain_public">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> Loudmouths Wanted for ICANN WHOIS Replacement Work (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20170324_loudmouths_wanted_for_icann_whois_replacement_work</link>
		<description><![CDATA[TL;DR? It's worth reading, BUT, if not -- ICANN has yet another group looking at WHOIS, and there is a huge push to redact it to nothing. I spend easily half my day in WHOIS data fighting online crime, losing it would not make my job harder, it will make it impossible. PLEASE JOIN THE ICANN GROUP and help us fight back against people who are fighting in favour of crime. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20170324_loudmouths_wanted_for_icann_whois_replacement_work">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> Internet Governance Forum Publishes BPs on Regulation and Mitigation of Unsolicited Communications (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20151214_internet_governance_forum_publishes_bps_regulation_of_spam</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The IGF this morning published a number of reports, including the aforementioned one, at the URL provided, titled 'IGF 2015 Best Practice Forum Regulation and mitigation of unsolicited communications.' The reports can be found in the included URLs on the IGF Website. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20151214_internet_governance_forum_publishes_bps_regulation_of_spam">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> Call for Nominations: M3AAWG J. D. Falk Award Seeks Stewards of a Better Online World (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20140806_call_for_nominations_m3aawg_j_d_falk_award</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone seeking to honor a groundbreaking contribution toward a better online world should submit a nomination for the 2014 M3AAWG J. D. Falk Award. Presented to people whose work on specific projects made the Internet a safer, more collaborative, more inclusive place, the J. D. Falk Award has recognized leaders and pioneers who saw elements of the online experience that needed improvement and took action to fix them.  <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20140806_call_for_nominations_m3aawg_j_d_falk_award">More...</a>]]></description>
		<dc:date>2026-04-30T12:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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		<title> Net Neutrality? Give Me a Break (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20140429_net_neutrality_give_me_a_break</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As my learned friend John Levine has noted, rightly, any policy that anyone has come up with thus far regarding net neutrality is based upon a Telco model. Now, think about that for a second. A telephone call costs pretty much the same if you whisper or shout. It costs the same if you make a quick phone-call or you yack for hours. These days, even long distance is trivially inexpensive, because the capacity to carry the world's phone-calls is well beyond any foreseeable demand. There is huge headroom. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20140429_net_neutrality_give_me_a_break">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> Canada's Anti-Spam Law Coming Into Force July 01, 2014 (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20131204_canadas_anti_spam_law_coming_into_force_june_2014</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Canada's Anti-Spam Law, CASL, is now a done deal. Last Thursday, Treasury Board of Canada President (and champion of CASL) Tony Clement approved Industry Canada regulations in their final form. Today, Minister of Industry the Honourable James Moore announced CASL will come into force in July 1, 2014. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20131204_canadas_anti_spam_law_coming_into_force_june_2014">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> 2014 M3AAWG Mary Litynski Award Nominations Now Being Accepted (Featured Blog)</title>
		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts20111121_2014_m3aawg_mary_litynski_award_nominations_now_being_accepted</guid>
		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20111121_2014_m3aawg_mary_litynski_award_nominations_now_being_accepted</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2010 the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M<sup>3</sup>AAWG) and the Internet industry as a whole lost a great friend and supporter, Mary Litynski. Her dedication, excellence, perseverance and tireless work behind the scenes of M<sup>3</sup>AAWG helped make the organization the success that it is today. Through this award, M<sup>3</sup>AAWG seeks to bring attention to the remarkable work that is done far from the public eye over a significant period of time... <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20111121_2014_m3aawg_mary_litynski_award_nominations_now_being_accepted">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> The Sexist Men In Tech Need to Grow Up, Now (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<link>https://circleid.com/posts20130803_the_sexist_men_in_tech_need_to_grow_up_now</link>
		<description><![CDATA[These days, I've seen many breathless posts about how 'we' "need" to encourage girls to study math so eventually they become computer or other sorts of geeks. Personally, I don't think technology is the only valuable thing in the world; writing, music, and the rest of the arts, medicine, human relations, politics, and so on are pretty important things too, and let's face it content was, is, and will always be king. That said if men continue to act like jerks, it is no wonder women will go into anything but technology. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20130803_the_sexist_men_in_tech_need_to_grow_up_now">More...</a>]]></description>
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