Editorial: The joke’s on spam
Gallery: The changing image of spam
Originally the canned meat product that threatened to engulf a 1970 sketch from Monty Python’s Flying Circus, spam now overruns the internet. With the rise of “botnets” – networks of “zombie” computers programmed to send out mass mailings without their owners’ knowledge – something like 9 out of every 10 emails are now unsolicited. Spammers have been dealt a few blows in recent years, but as long as there is money to be made they are unlikely to go away anytime soon.
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