Is nothing sacred anymore? Is there no length to which spammers won't go? They've taken over our e-mails and social networks, and now they want to take the old school nerd's most sacred delight: ASCII art?
CNET reports that it's true. In yet another way to circumvent spam filters, spammers have started using ASCII-style messages - and it works. It's not an entirely new practice, but according to Internet security firm FaceTime there's been an upsurge in this particular type of spam in the last week, which means we'll all start seeing a lot more of it real soon.
I haven't yet received any such abominations in my inbox, but I'm sure that it's only a matter of time before I start seeing VIAGRA and CIALIS (on a side note, I know what Viagra does, but I've never bothered to check what Cialis does. Don't tell me; I'd rather not know) in nice, big, fat ASCII letters.