Showing posts with label monty python. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monty python. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Spam by any other name

from here and here

Just when you thought spam had faded away into obscurity, it finds a way to come back in new and unusual places. This is just the beginning. AI-powered machine generated content is going to flood every monetizable avenue you can imagine and some you'd never even guess. So long as there's a way to make money, some people are going to exploit it.

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

What's in YOUR spam folder?

from here and here

Finding an email in your spam folder that says you won the lottery isn't terribly surprising. I'd be more surprised if there WASN'T an email in there telling you that you won. The surprise in this case, however, is that it was real and someone could tell the difference between the genuine article and the spam it's drowning in.

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

The history of spamming

found on ImgFlip

If you've ever wondered how a brand of canned meat came to be associated with annoying, repetitive junk mail, look no further than Monty Python.