Pew Internet's recent study on spam suggests that although the volume of spam has increased worldwide by about 40% since 2003, the amount of spam people are getting is decreasing. Certainly, porn spam has dropped very noticeably. The study shows that people are not taking extra measures to protect themselves or their email addresses. Which only leads to the conclusion that passive measures such as spam filtering must be working.
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Spam filtering is working
Pew Internet's recent study on spam suggests that although the volume of spam has increased worldwide by about 40% since 2003, the amount of spam people are getting is decreasing. Certainly, porn spam has dropped very noticeably. The study shows that people are not taking extra measures to protect themselves or their email addresses. Which only leads to the conclusion that passive measures such as spam filtering must be working.
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Spam_Ap05.pdf
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