Study: Tide of spam continues unabated; people don't care as much

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*Source: Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...as-much.html)*
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Who clicks on those links in spam e-mails, anyway? According to new research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, four percent of US e-mail users admitted to ordering products hawked in unsolicited e-mail. That sounds pretty low (and it has fallen from seven percent back in 2003), but it still amazes me to realize that four out of every hundred people I pass in the street might well be going home to their computers and ordering "male enhancement" products, weight loss pills, and dodgy mortgage products.

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