http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/schwartz0703.asp
One-time registration is required to view this article on the problems caused by spam, as well as the cure potentially being worse than the disease. Spam has been with us for some time in a controllable way, but in this last year it appears to have metastisized to a point producing genuine problems for users and the network alike.
There are a lot of sides to this story, which is why it promises to be never-ending.
Posted by jho at June 24, 2003 09:48 PM