Spam and phishing
Date: April 14, 2005Source: Computer Crime Research Center
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More than a year after the CAN-SPAM Act became law, email users say they are receiving slightly more spam in their inboxes than before, but they are minding it less.
A survey by the Pew Internet &American Life Project conducted between January 13 and February 9, 2005, shows the following:
- 28% of users with a personal email account say they are getting more spam than a year ago, while 22% say they are getting less.
- 21% of users with a work email account say they are getting more spam than a year ago, while 16% say they are getting less.
- 53% of email users say spam has made them less trusting of email, compared to 62% a year ago.
- 22% of email users say that spam has reduced their overall use of email, compared to 29% a year ago.
- 67% of email users say spam has made being online unpleasant or annoying, compared to 77% a year ago.
Overall, more than half of all internet users (52%) complain that spam is a big problem.
Among other things, the survey found that people were getting less porn spam, a uniquely troubling form of spam for most users and particularly for women. While 63% of email users now say they have received porn spam, down 8 percentage points from a year ago, 29% of those email users say they are now getting less porn spam, compared to 16% who said they are getting more.
And in a first-time measure of “phishing,” or unsolicited email requesting personal financial information, 35% of users say they have received such email, and 2% have responded by providing the information.
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| 2005-11-02 13:37:01 - I like this blog! Global |
| 2005-04-15 03:39:47 - spam is the least of our worries lets get... MICHAEL BOMAR |
| 2005-04-14 14:44:06 - good research. -Ajay Kumar Kasam... ajay kasam |
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