Explaining The Business of Spam 74
ATMAvatar writes "The IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy hosted in Oakland nearly three weeks ago featured a study on the economics of spam. It attempts to identify and analyze the chain of businesses behind spam and the products that are featured. The goal was to take a more comprehensive look at the mechanics behind the industry in an attempt to identify better, alternative means to combat spam."
Low costs... (Score:3, Insightful)
...relative to the number of emails that can be sent. So even if a low percentage of gullible people buy the crap, it's profitable.