Say yes to spam
By Davey Winder in Editorial
That, it would appear, is precisely what some fifty volunteers around the world will be doing from April 1st. They have not gone totally mad, but rather are taking part in an experiment to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the first spam e-mail. According to McAfee, the volunteers will live an online life totally unprotected from the scourge of spam, and will blog about the experience. Oh, apparently they have to respond to all the spam they receive as they use the Internet as part of the study. If I did that I would need some kind of time machine to be able to keep up with the volume, to be honest.
The S.P.A.M project, that’s Spammed Persistently All Month in case you cared, will run for 30 days and is designed to “show the devastating effects of spam” what with the proven link between spam and cybercrime, McAfee assures me.
“Cybercrime won’t go away without solving the problem of spam,” said Dave DeWalt, chief executive officer for McAfee.
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