heh. with another 70 weeks of log data to sift through, the count of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml just rolled past seven million (also see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #spamtraps #imaginaryfriends #spamd #smtp #cybercrime #openbsd

heh. with another 70 weeks of log data to sift through, the count of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml just rolled past seven million (also see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #spamtraps #imaginaryfriends #spamd #smtp #cybercrime #openbsd

Have you been wondering why the list of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has been expanding quicker than usual this week?

It's because I found another batch of old logs that are now getting the more thorough treatment (also see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #spamd #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime #openbsd

Have you been wondering why the list of imaginary friends at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has been expanding quicker than usual this week?

It's because I found another batch of old logs that are now getting the more thorough treatment (also see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #spamd #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime #openbsd

It seems that adding the second, third and fourth entries in raw list at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has not dissuaded any consumers of that list.

Perhaps they don't read their data at all?

Background https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime

It seems that adding the second, third and fourth entries in raw list at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml has not dissuaded any consumers of that list.

Perhaps they don't read their data at all?

Background https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime

Since cryptotulip MMF scams seem to be on the rise, here's a reprise of "Your 'Forgotten' Blockchain Account Needing Reactivation? It's a Scam" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/forgotten_blockchain_account_scam.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/09/your-forgotten-blockchain-account.html) #makemoneyfast #cryptocurrency#cryptotulips #scams #cybercrime

Since cryptotulip MMF scams seem to be on the rise, here's a reprise of "Your 'Forgotten' Blockchain Account Needing Reactivation? It's a Scam" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/forgotten_blockchain_account_scam.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/09/your-forgotten-blockchain-account.html) #makemoneyfast #cryptocurrency#cryptotulips #scams #cybercrime

Oh, the number of bsdly imaginary friends just rolled past 6 million, https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (background https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html), may update graphs at month end #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #nastykidsister

Oh, the number of bsdly imaginary friends just rolled past 6 million, https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (background https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html or tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html), may update graphs at month end #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #nastykidsister

The latest BSD Weekly https://bsdweekly.com/issues/245 features "Eighteen Years of Greytrapping ..." (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html and https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html - a warmup to #bookofpf 4th ed https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition) #openbsd #freebsd #security #mail #spam #hacking #cybercrime @nostarch

The latest BSD Weekly https://bsdweekly.com/issues/245 features "Eighteen Years of Greytrapping ..." (https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html and https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html - a warmup to #bookofpf 4th ed https://nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4th-edition) #openbsd #freebsd #security #mail #spam #hacking #cybercrime @nostarch

I hear crytpotulip based phishing scams are still a thing, so reprising "Your 'Forgotten' Blockchain Account Needing Reactivation? It's a Scam" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/forgotten_blockchain_account_scam.html from 2022 might be useful to some #crypto #cryptocurrency #cryptotulips #phishing #scam #cybercrime #fraud

I hear crytpotulip based phishing scams are still a thing, so reprising "Your 'Forgotten' Blockchain Account Needing Reactivation? It's a Scam" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/forgotten_blockchain_account_scam.html from 2022 might be useful to some #crypto #cryptocurrency #cryptotulips #phishing #scam #cybercrime #fraud

And oh, this morning saw another addition to the wankstortion archives - this https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html from 2022 is my last sigh/gasp #wankstortion #sextortion #cybercrime #scams #spam #email (archive: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/)

And oh, this morning saw another addition to the wankstortion archives - this https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html from 2022 is my last sigh/gasp #wankstortion #sextortion #cybercrime #scams #spam #email (archive: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/)

It's heartwarming to a greying geek that a 5000+ words retrospective on greytrapping is turning out to be popular - https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime

It's heartwarming to a greying geek that a 5000+ words retrospective on greytrapping is turning out to be popular - https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime

Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to fool spammers rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. It's time for a retrospective.

Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime

Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to fool spammers rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. It's time for a retrospective.

Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime