>The problem is that [Google's] fully-automated system
>>has a high critical mass for canceling accounts.
>>
James Arthur wrote:
Better if it held up message posting / delivery for suspect users
>at that point, or some such. Stem the flood.
>
I suggested a CAPTCHA for each and every post from Google and invited others to echo my suggestion to GG Central. news: snipped-for-privacy@d62g2000hsf.googlegroups.com (Greg Szekeres seems to have completely misunderstood what was being said and the thread veered of into a ditch.)
>I used to make reports to GG.
>>Now that the Gmail CAPTCHA has been cracked, it's useless.
>>
>>If I'm making a report to Adsense (Blogspot/Googlepages spam),
>>then I'll go ahead and CC GG; otherwise: not worth any effort.
>>
>I still report regularly, and add comments
>about the corrosive effect on GoogleGroups and on g-mail users.
>
I doubt a human ever sees any of it. I believe it's all indexed by bots.
Whatever else it is, it's developing into a serious black eye for Google
>amongst a large group of smart, connected, literate people
>who control large budgets.
>Google thinks the usenet is worth serving,
>and s.e.d. is one of the more active groups. ISTM they will care.
>
Until Google sees an effect on their bottom line, nothing will change. Does anyone here buy ads from Google Groups? Yeah. I thought not.
>Google knows they've been hacked
>>and hasn't made any of the obvious moves to deal with it.
>>[...]The rogue Chinese ISPs are equally responsible[...]
>>
>I liked Paul Hovnanian's idea of informing the Chinese government
>about their spammers, how this makes China look bad,
>and how it's bad for business.
>
Yup. We keep hearing that besmirching the PRC as a society can have dire consequences for a native individual. So what's the trick to getting the attention of *those* eyes. If they're anything like our Supreme Court and Executive Branch, commerce gets special dispensation.
Anybody paying attention to the demonstrations surrounding the Olympic Torch Relay?