Spam
Over the Internet, it’s getting harder and harder to tell.
Some of the common tests used by Web sites to distinguish between legitimate flesh-and-blood visitors and malicious human-mimicking computers recently appear to have been outwitted.
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Dresher:
In this May 8, 1997 file photo, Sanford Wallace, president of Cyber Promotions, poses with his computer and cans of Spam processed meat in Dresher, Pa. A notorious “Spam King” and his partner now owe MySpace about $230 million in damages after a...
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