I just read today that spam e-mails have been on the rise for the past year. Apparently, the number of spam e-mails that are being caught have doubled in the past year, and only 1 out of 10 e-mails are real, legit ones. I was almost under the impression that spamming calmed down a bit compared to a year ago, but maybe my filter is just working that much better. Anyway, this reminded me of a conversation I had with a business partner of mine talking about reading text from graphics and how not too long from now, there should be programs that can do this VERY well. Here's my thinking -- it can work to the advantage of spammers and to people trying to prevent it. Spammers could potentially get around those little text codes that you have to enter when signing up for forums and the like, while spam filters could use it to apply the same tactics they do to normal spam e-mails, as they'll be able to read them better. This could be a great opportunity for some people out there to get a head start developing some tools to fight this. I'd imagine that a tool that could stop a smarter bot from reading a sign-up graphic letter code would definitely be very valuable when this happens. Don't know how this would work exactly, but the thought crossed my mind. Any comments or insight on this? I haven't noticed my inbox or spam box being more full than a year ago, but twice as much spam is a pretty big leap... Brian
I remember there's some organization or something thats committed to making captchas that are easy for humans to read but difficult for machines. I can't remember the name of it though...
If it's working, that will be great. I hate those email spam, and got about 30 Ad emails every day, completely annoying.