Spam: Free Speech or Tremendously Irritating?
Spoiler alert: it can be both. But while the latter isn’t really up for debate (it could be, but who would argue that spam isn’t…
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Can We Really Put an End to Spam?
Ah, spam. We curse and revile you. We loathe finding you in our inboxes when you should be nested comfortably in the junk folder. And…
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US Wins ‘Spampionship,’ Lobbies to Make it an Olympic Sport
We live in a very competitive world, and if the recent World Cup, Commonwealth Games, Paralympic Games and Winter Olympics are any indication, humans love…
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Data Insecurity: Why We Fail to Protect Our Data
It seems that every week a new company, organization or government agency has become the poster child for what not to do when protecting valuable…
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Spam from Web Hosts Three Times More Likely to Make Your Life Miserable
It’s sometimes easy to assume that spam is spam, regardless of its source. In fact, most days, we don’t stop to wonder where it came…
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Rise of the Machines: A Botnet that can Dispense Ice?
It’s finally happened. And if people around the office think your name is ‘that creepy guy from IT,’ or if you’ve gotten numerous strange looks…
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When Spam Comes Knocking: If Spam Could Talk
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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‘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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