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Re: spam volume depends on the first letter of name
From: Dragos Ruiu <dr () kyx net>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:41:43 -0700
On 29-Aug-08, at 3:08 AM, Martin Tomasek wrote:
Richard Clayton, a security researcher at the University of Cambridge in the U.K., says he found evidence that the more common the first letter in your email address is, the more spam you get: in other words, alice () company com typically gets a higher volume of spam than quincy () company com, or zach () company com. He says that’s simply because there are more combinations of names that begin with “A” than with “Q” or “Z.”
Musta been a slow news day at the register, because this research elicits the biggest, "Well... DUH" Suppose its just concrete proof of the bleedingly obvious. cheers, --dr -- World Security Pros. Cutting Edge Training, Tools, and Techniques Buenos Aires, Argentina Sept. 30 / Oct. 1 - 2008 http://ba-con.com.ar Tokyo, Japan November 12/13 2008 http://pacsec.jp Vancouver, Canada March 16-20 2009 http://cansecwest.com pgpkey http://dragos.com/ kyxpgp _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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