India Tops Target List For Spam

Ant wrote to mention a ZDNet news report on the realities of spam traffic. The U.S. is still the number one producer/distributor of spam in the world. However, with their quick adoption of technology over the last few years, Indian users are now top targets for spam. From the article: "India's rapid adoption of new technology has left its PC users struggling to cope with very high levels of spam, according to a report released Wednesday. Ninety-one percent of email traffic sent to Indian PC users is spam, according to email security company MessageLabs, which warned that the rate of technological advancement has outstripped growth in security awareness. 'There is booming technology in India, but it has been suggested there is little thought for security, which creates a market to exploit that,' said Paul Wood, security analyst at MessageLabs."

for the mods

[sameeer]

Its interesting to see how so many direct insults to India are being modded as "Funny" etc while a slight indirect negative comment on Microsoft can get one labelled "Flaimbait"..

Following this observation, I wouldn't be suprised if this post gets labelled Flaimbait either..

Re:Xenophobic or just going on experience

[bheer]

> I have to deal with two incompetent Indians on a daily basis ... if India is anything like the people I am forced to suffer through on a daily basis you should get tons of suckers

Wow. You extrapolated that from a sample size of 2 (out of an Indian population of 1 billion?) ? Can we nominate you for the Slashdot's Stupidity Hall of Fame?