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Don't get me wrong: I think spam (both kinds, actually, but you know what I'm referring to) is a troubling unanticipated consequence of the Internet age, a bother, ocassionally offputting, and, in the context of phishing, criminal. But, as I've gone on record saying before: 1. it's just junk mail, not quite on par with terrorism or cancer; 2. it will be eliminated by action against underlying conditions not by counter-action.
Still, there is the "first" international conference on . . . yes, you guessed it . . . spam. It's being held in London and is a joint production of the US FTC and the British Office of Fair Trading. The interenet.com report article: Spam Summit Kicks Off and snip:
The conference, which brought together agencies from more than 20 countries, focused on consumer protection, data protection and telecommunications agencies to promote cross-border cooperation on spam and spam-related problems, such as online fraud and computer viruses.Posted by Grayson at October 12, 2004 07:35 AM