Pubblicato il 22-02-2013 21:30
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Suppose you meet an alien from a far distant galaxy, and she asks you to explain the identifying features of email spam. At face value, it sounds like a simple proposition, but if you think about it, the answer might be more difficult than you realize.
Spam comes in so many forms and flavors that it’s hard to nail down a definitive set of characteristics. When you toss marketing and retail spam into the mix, the definition for spam morphs from a laundry list of all that’s despicable about human nature into a veritable cornucopia of moronic nonsense. Nonsense, however, can be as dangerous as ignorance, and if you’ve ever wondered “what’s the point?” of those nonsensical emails that occasionally invade your inbox, you may want to pay attention.
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