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September 25, 2003
Its spam! It's spyware! It's social!
Posted by Clay Shirky
Lover Spy, my new favorite piece of spam: an unsolicited offer to
install spyware on a remote computer by sending that person an e-card, targetted at people looking to keep tabs on a lover:
Lover Spy is a spy program that monitors and records the complete computer activity of a computer user... The idea is to install this program on your lover's computer so you can check up on them. To do so, we have revolutionized the computer spy world by being the first company in the world to offer the following service:
Spy on Anyone by sending them an eGreeting Card.... Through our service, you compose and send your lover a normal-looking "Greeting Card" saying "I Love you" or a similar message. Because the e-mail appears to be a regular greeting card, the recipient will open the e-card and LoverSpy will be automatically and silently installed!
Who says innovation is dead...
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1. Ray Maruschak on September 30, 2003 12:03 AM writes...
Ok, now I'm imagining someone is spying on me. I need software to check my computer to see if Spy Lover has been installed.
Permalink to Comment2. roberta on October 9, 2003 4:15 PM writes...
I need info on my hubby. I know he is seeing someone he met on chat. He has doen this before. I need help on this issue.
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