Re:Spam Back to 94% of All E-Mail
by dfranke on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @04:47PM
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Still the same fallacy. We could put up the same CCTV cameras and get at least as good an outcome if the problem weren't as bad to begin with.
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Hmmm... maybe - but I don't think so.
Firstly, the cost to each player is extremely small - so their incentive to "do something about it" is small. If a person receives only one email a year nothing will be done.
But if he receives his life's spam in a year he will do something about it.
Also note that most countries will not change their laws for a "small" problem. But if a problem is perceived to be large enough the law will be changed.