He claims, unconvincingly, that this hands-off approach has already banished the bane of the Internet, spam.
There already was a tongue-in-cheek sense about spam long before the Internet just ask Monty Python.
However, today we are in a situation where we still have text and resolutions that cover issues on spam and also provisions on Internet governance.
If Capellas can pull all that off, he will get to do the geeky stuff that really turns him on: launch a slew of new Internet-driven services, from central spam filters to home networks that consumers can control from a PDA anywhere in the world.
As a result, today we live with an absolute mountain of spam and fraudulent emails plugging the Internet.
"Spamhaus will resolutely continue its mission to provide reliable protection against cyber threats such as spam, malware and botnets and work with Internet service providers and organizations worldwide to create a safer internet, " the organization said in a statement.
One of the most effective ways to block spam in which users ask their internet provider to accept only e-mails from a list of pre-approved senders ends up blocking school friends trying to get back in touch, or new business contacts.
He said this would discourage spam and not have much impact on the typical Internet user.
FORBES: The Ridiculous Idea Of Taxing Email To Save The USPO
But spam still clogs servers, to the chagrin of internet service providers and IT departments.
Companies that monitor Internet traffic said Wednesday that an intensive cyberattack against a European spam-fighting organization has ended.
Some leaked proposals, for example, would authorize member nations, with U.N. blessing, to inspect and censor incoming and outgoing Internet traffic on the premise of monitoring criminal behavior, filtering spam, or protecting national security.
FORBES: U.N. Agency Reassures: We Just Want to Break the Internet, Not Take it Over
The U.S and 55 other countries left WCIT last week without signing the treaty after extensive negotiations led to a treaty text that included language on spam, security, and government control of the Internet.
FORBES: WCIT, TPP, Russia PNTR: Growing Recognition of Internet Freedom As A Trade Issue
Those who want privacy are fighting over Internet user identities, cookies, e-mail addresses, databases, and spam.
Spam and Pop-Ups broke onto the scene almost as fast as the Internet allowed and quickly became the bane of any legitimate marketers existence.
At the very least a large number of users are going to start receiving new spam e-mail, having had their e-mail address leaked across the Internet.
But others already feel that spam, computer viruses, fraud and the theft of personal data are making the internet a dangerous place, and that access to their computers needs to be restricted, not opened up.
Matthew Prince, CEO of Internet security firm CloudFlare, estimates the group may be responsible for up to 80% of all spam that gets blocked.
While free Web services produced just 6% of the Internet's pill-hawking and scam-pitching e-mail a year ago, automated spam programs exploiting Web e-mail services now produce more than 12% of digital junk mail, with Microsoft's Webmail services alone accounting for around 4%.
John Bradshaw, director of customer security at UUNet, described a new type of spam that appears innocuous at first, but that shows that spammers know how to manipulate the Internet.
应用推荐