Crystal balls & the future of spam
Apologies to Nostradamus and Edgar Cayce, but I thought I’d turn to the “crystal ball of the Internet” and peer into the future of spam.I purposely avoided the usual “STUDIES INDICATE SPAM WILL INCREASE BY 1000000% BY 2010” and went for the more amusing predictions.
So without further delay and in the words of Bullwinkle… "Eenie-beenie, chili-weenie, the spirits are about to speak".
- "Spam will be classified as a terrorist activity" (CNN)
[Does our eMail come with different color levels too?] - "I imagine a computer that will act as personal assistant. It would give you a rundown of what it did "for you" today. For example: "Hello Doug, I routed 32 pieces of spam to your spam folder". (CNN)
[Only 32! Where does this person's email exist? In H.A.L? "Computer delete email". "I'm sorry Dave, I afraid I can't do that".] - "By 2009 we estimate that 51% of corporate mailboxes will be protected by 2 anti-virus layers". (TMCNet)
[The vendor: double revenue. The end user: double protection. The company: double cost. The email admin: double headaches.] - "Weblogs may turn out to be The Next Thing for spammers". (KALYR)
[I'm waiting for my first Weblog "V_i_a_g_r_a" to show up]
Here, let me state this incredibly obvious prediction... As TiVo is killing the 30 second spot, spammers will always be inventing new ways to invade mailboxes. No surprise here.
Hmmm... I think I'll sell spammer space at the end of my blog.
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