turetzsr Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 ...Link to article. ...Excerpts: NewScientist published an interesting graphic showing a timeline of spam activities and events. A couple of notable takeaways from this graphic: Early indicators are that legal enforcement is slowing to possibly leveling the growth of spam. It is clear that major enforcement wins cause a significant decline in spam for a short period of time. It will be interesting to see if continued enforcement happens and if it will force an overall decline. <snip> User education may have hit its limits. With only .1% of the users actually clicking on the link in the e-mail, it is doubtful that a more intensive education effort could reduce that percentage significantly. <snip> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Alas, that 0.1% is more than enough to keep the spammers in business Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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