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==The Effects of Spam-Countermeasures== | ==The Effects of Spam-Countermeasures== | ||
Fighting against spam is difficult when its countermeasures come at a cost as well. E-mail is not just storage; much resources must be devoted to its processing, and the cost of efforts from virus scans of content to filtering all can be significant. Aggressive countermeasures have a negative impact on productivity, when the number of “false positives” is too great (legitimate emails incorrectly filed as spam). Examine the breadth of countermeasures available to combat spam, providing a brief review of the ethical considerations each raise, and links to online resources that cite specific instances or effects of each. | Fighting against spam is difficult when its countermeasures come at a cost as well. E-mail is not just storage; much resources must be devoted to its processing, and the cost of efforts from virus scans of content to filtering all can be significant. Aggressive countermeasures have a negative impact on productivity, when the number of “false positives” is too great (legitimate emails incorrectly filed as spam). Examine the breadth of countermeasures available to combat spam, providing a brief review of the ethical considerations each raise, and links to online resources that cite specific instances or effects of each. | ||
===We Hate SPAM=== | |||
Revision as of 23:16, 9 July 2008
The Effects of Spam-Countermeasures
Fighting against spam is difficult when its countermeasures come at a cost as well. E-mail is not just storage; much resources must be devoted to its processing, and the cost of efforts from virus scans of content to filtering all can be significant. Aggressive countermeasures have a negative impact on productivity, when the number of “false positives” is too great (legitimate emails incorrectly filed as spam). Examine the breadth of countermeasures available to combat spam, providing a brief review of the ethical considerations each raise, and links to online resources that cite specific instances or effects of each.