Several articles in Wired News report on the technological arms race between the privacy-enhancing software and countermeasures taken by Web sites. Junkbusters's Web site describes how to track down spammers and gives consumers a strongly-worded reply that has proved one of the most effective ways of stopping spammers. AGIS, one of the largest Internet Service Providers in the US, has been widely criticized for announcing its intention to form a trade association for junk email factories. The Department of Energy has issued an alert concerning a trojan horse program being mass-emailed called AOL4FREE.COM that erases hard drives if executed. Telemarketing Junkbusters's Anti-Telemarketing Script has proved enormously popular and has been quoted extensively in newspapers and the May issue of Men's Health .
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South Carolina is considering legislation that would provide criminal penalties of up to 30 days in jail for telemarketers. Kansas has been prosecuting major long-distance carriers for breaking its telemarketing laws, imposing fines of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Copying and distribution permitted under the GNU General Public License.