TrustE Launches Trusted Spammer Program

Silverhammer writes: "InfoWorld is reporting that such luminaries as TRUSTe, ePrivacy Group, MSN, and DoubleClick are getting together to develop a "trusted senders" program to certify "commercial email" and "elevate" it above ISPs' and end users' spam filters. Why, you ask? Because they believe it's actually our fear of fraud that's hurting their response rates. Apparently all that stuff about invasion of privacy and theft of resources is just a big misunderstanding..." The Infoworld story linked above has the best information about this seal program, but CNet has another story including a quote forecasting 1400 pieces of spam per person per day in five years. Update: 01/31 17:02 GMT by M : The FTC is announcing a crackdown on spam.

Comments

Fight the power?

[Em Emalb]

How hard would it be to forward this entire posting to these people to give them an idea of what we think of spam in any form?

Granted it probably won't do much, but rather than just grip about it, maybe if they saw a large chunk of the internet loving community opposed to this, they would...ah hell, nevermind, they are spammers. They don't care. For a moment I thought they might see reason, then I woke up.

Oh come on!

[SirSlud]

> Because they believe it's actually our fear of fraud that's hurting their response rates.

I know this is flame bait, but in most first-degree murders and sexual abuse (or at least sexual abuse ) cases, the victim knew and trusted the perpetrator ...

Re:Oh come on!

[Our Man In Redmond]

And in most sexual assault, sexual harrasment and rape cases, the defense will somehow try to convince the jury/judge that, despite all evidence to the contrary, the victim actually asked for it. Think about that when you hear a variation on the theme "Customers actually want unsolicited commercial email."