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How the Spam Industry is Sustained

Posted by samzenpus on from the please-stop-clicking dept.

mOoZik writes "The BBC has an interesting article about spam and why it's still around. According to a survey, nearly 1/3 of users have clicked on spam messages and 1/10 have bought products advertised therein. "If no-one responded to junk e-mail and didn't buy products sold in this way, then spam would be as extinct as the dinosaurs.""

3 of 371 comments (clear)

  1. will work, sometimes by r00t · · Score: 0, Troll

    See the cpuburn code.

    VA Linux has a system test tool that is known for
    setting systems on fire. Unfortunately it only runs
    on Linux. Older systems clogged with dust should be
    quite vulnerable to this. I don't remember the name
    exactly, but it was some mythical thing like Hydra
    or Chimera.

  2. Re:Hey (non-)fucker by XeroPurpose · · Score: 0, Troll

    Aha! The Republicans are simply Grammer Nazi's in disguise... wait... nevermind about the disguise part...

  3. the funny thing is by glsunder · · Score: 0, Troll

    the funny thing is, 1/2 the people who responded to the spam were also members of the religious right.