Spam. A sleazy, despicable product of a sleazy, despicable cross-section of human waste. Only the lowest of the low could be responsible for the stuff that…
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Month: May 2018
‘Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet’ Takes a Hard Look at Dark Science
“Spam” is a word with remarkable properties. As this history has demonstrated, the meaning of this word has remained surprisingly consistent through enormous shifts in…
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Think Terminator was Fantasy? Think Again. Bot Traffic on the Rise
It’s been more than 30 years since The Terminator graced big screens with its dystopian view of the future, and (spoiler alert) it didn’t go…
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University of Texas Gets Medieval on Spam (Tracking)
Dealing with email spam is often a reactionary process; we’re all busy working on other daily tasks, and when the nasty stuff comes in, it’s…
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