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Explaining The Business of Spam

Posted by timothy on from the wading-through-the-muck-even-now dept.

ATMAvatar writes "The IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy hosted in Oakland nearly three weeks ago featured a study on the economics of spam. It attempts to identify and analyze the chain of businesses behind spam and the products that are featured. The goal was to take a more comprehensive look at the mechanics behind the industry in an attempt to identify better, alternative means to combat spam."

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  1. Low costs... by Hamsterdan · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...relative to the number of emails that can be sent. So even if a low percentage of gullible people buy the crap, it's profitable.

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