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Spam Doubles, Finding New Ways to Deliver Itself

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the soul-crushing-never-ending dept.

An anonymous reader noted that the times is running a piece on the rise in spam that you might have noticed in your inbox over the last 6 months. Gates promised the end of spam by 2006, but they figure it's doubled in the last few months. And best of all, a huge percentage of spam is now images that circumvent traditional text analysis.

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  1. Bill Gates promised ! by Rastignac · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gates promised the end of spam by 2006. He still has one month to succeed. It is still possible. I'm waiting. I really want to see that. Thanks, Bill.

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    -- Rastignac was here.
  2. Spam 2.0 by choongiri · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The new breed of spam -- call it Spam 2.0"

    No, no, no... please, please don't!

  3. A solid solution by east+coast · · Score: 5, Funny

    We can hire the A-Team to come in and stop them.

    I pity the fool who litters Mr T's inbox with ads for home equity loans.

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    Dedicated Cthulhu Cultist since 4523 BC.