Spam

What is the problem with spam?

Beside the fact that spam is annoying to get in your email box, spam is especially dangerous to people that are not computer literate or savvy. Spam just email sent out in bulk, whether it be porn, ads or a scam. If it porn it’s not a big deal you can just delete it and go about your day. Same thing with the ads just delete them but if they are a scam and you fall for it that a major problem on your part. It’s most likely that you given up some personal information about yourself that you rather keep to yourself. Say you fall prey to a scam that asks for your card in exchange for a miracle drug that’s legal. You give them you credit card number and you give them the money for the product that you paid for even if you receive the product they still have you credit car number. Which they can either sell for a quick buck or if they know how to use it use it for themselves any way that they want to. That’s not all by opening the spam you are putting you computer at risk of spyware a virus or a Trojan horses if you have to download something.

Why from a legal prospective is it dangerous?

Form a legal stand point when people get there information stolen they are susceptible to identify theft and from what I hear that is very hard to fight if it major. There is a spam act called the “Can-Spam Act” which has guidelines for spammers. It goes into details about that spammers have to have the sexually explicit in the subject line when sending porn spam and how if you opt out they need to honor that. There are punishments such as fines and imprisonment.