Spam Up 350-Fold Since ’97

Wholesale spam volumes have increased 350-fold in 20 years, a web security consultant yesterday told a Commons statutory review of anti-spam legislation. Internet spam filters, not regulations, were credited with blocking most unsolicited emails: “Ask yourself, did my spam volume go up that much? No, it didn’t.”

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