"Spim" Spammer Unspun

Spim is the Spam of Instant Messaging. Leave it to the pornographers to figure out how to reach younger, more innocent users of IM with their corruption. They have -- one percent of IM traffic is now spim, according to AOL -- and at least one guy, 18 year-old Anthony Grecko -- has figured out how to spim/spam into My Space, the Internet space that is the blogosphere of the youngsters.

Grecko was arrested yesterday at LAX, set up by agents who had convinced him that My Space had succumed to a blackmail scheme he'd cooked up, and wanted to meet with him. The LATimes report on the bust is here.

Incredible Daughter #2 just about lives in My Space, and I thought it was a pretty protected place. Now I know it's not. How tired I am of the hustlers, cons and pornographers breaking into where they are not wanted.

Good riddance, Anthony Grecko. I hope you get a long, long sentence. Your biggest sin isn't greed, it's entitlement. Rather than work hard, earn a degree and work your way up, you thought you'd blackmail My Space into giving you the job you want. Unfortunately, there are many more like you in your generation.