Overview
One of the strengths of electronic communications media is that it costs virtually nothing to send a message. These media are not free of charge: setting up a cellular telephone network or an Internet e-mail service has substantial overhead costs in equipment and connectivity. However, once these costs are paid for, the cost to transmit a message to a single recipient is minuscule when compared with older media such as postal mail. Electronic messaging is cheap and fast. It is also easy to automate: computer programs can send out millions of messages via e-mail, instant message (IM), or Usenet netnews in minutes or hours at nearly no labor cost.
From these economic realities, a sort of tragedy of the commons emerges. Any
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Spam is frequently used to advertise scams, such as the well-known advance fee fraud and password phishing. It is also often used to advertise pornography indiscriminately, even in jurisdictions where it is illegal to transmit pornographic solicitations to minor children.
The methods of spammers are likewise costly -- to ISPs and the rest of the network, not to the spammers themselves. Because spamming contravenes ISP acceptable-use policies, spammers have for many years gone to some trouble to conceal the origins of their spam. E-mail, Usenet, and instant-message spam are often sent through insecure proxy servers belonging to unwilling third parties. Spammers frequently use false names, addresses, phone numbers, and other contact information to set up "disposable" accounts at various Internet service providers. In some cases, they have used falsified or stolen credit card numbers to pay for these accounts. This allows them to quickly move from one account to the next as each one is discovered and shut down by the host ISPs.
Finally, the costs of spam must include the collateral costs of the struggle between spammers and the administrators and users of the media threatened by spamming. [1]
Spamming in different media
E-mail spam
E-mail spam is by far the most common form of spamming on the internet. It involves sending identical or nearly identical messages to thousands (or millions) of recipients.
The second case America Online, Inc. v LCGM, Inc. revolved around the action of LCGM sending pornographic website advertisement to customers of America Online. In addition to LCGM’s use of America Online’s server, LCGM attempted to trick customers into opening the spam mail by altering the spam mail to appear as if it was sent by America Online. The court upheld the previous ruling of America Online, Inc. v. IMS, that sending spam email to customers of an Internet Service Provider using said provider’s computer system constitutes a trespass of chattels.
Computerized method: The purpose of this kind of communication is to exchange information quickly, maintain security by password system, and build relationship. (Groups of works, 1914) In health care setting, this method can be used to diagnose online, for the awareness of people about the symptoms and prevention of certain diseases. X rays and other screening information can be sent immediately between hospitals which could speed up diagnosis. Reports and appointment can be sent through email which helps in saving time, for fast communication. In social care settings, emails, advertisement, care plan, records of visit are the examples of this type of communication. In early years settings, the messages and reports of children can be sent through mail which saves the time of parents. They can interact through it so it
While identity theft was present in society previous to the appearance of the internet, this medium has provided thieves with an intriguing method to steal identities from people without even having to leave their house. "Today, more and more people engage in online financial activities such as shopping, banking, investing, and bill paying." (Understanding Identity Theft) While this reflects positively on people's lives by saving them significant time, it also exposes them to a world of
There is another type of spoofing like email spoofing. Email spoofing is when the message appears to be from someone trusted but in an actual fact it’s not. People who distribute spam tend to use email spoofing to make you open it and respond to them. Spoofing someone in any way is illegal. It is against the law. To get round this you can delete all your spam as there is a risk there is some kind of spoofing waiting to be open. Also delete any email that is useless and do not give your email to anyone as they can send a lot of spam to your email.
Moreover, I believe that the laws are working on Canadian spammers because they are within our jurisdiction. However, the same can't be said for international spammers because other countries have different laws and regulations with regards to spamming. As evidence, I still receive spam communications after the law passed. Thus, I would consider anti-spam laws to be a work in progress.
-Canada has been trying to get rid of spam advertising for numerous years now and finally passed an Anti-spam legislation stating that: Your business must have consent to deliver an electronic message to someone, you must clearly identify your business, and must include an unsubscribe feature. This may be to disadvantage, but America has similar anti-spam laws as well.
Phishing is an attempt to acquire personal information by masquerading as a trustworthy entity through an electronic communication. [ Compl. ¶ 28, ECF No. 1.]
bulk email.” Although a National Do Not Email Registry containing domain names would alleviate the security issues inherent in a list of individual email addresses, given the challenge in enforcing any form of a National Do Not Email
Other frequently used strategy is where attacker targets a specific group of audience to make the scam more real, and send email to trigger to immediate response.
Recently a growing form of communication for organisations. It is time efficient way of sending information to a large number of reciepntants. It is cost effective and more likely to reach the receipatnt as they are likely to check their mobile telephone several times throughout the day. Unfortanaley text messages can be open for interpretation of tone or mood. It can also be inappropriate for some organistation communication.
Office workers and businesses are not limited to phone calls, meetings or mail to communicate with each other anymore. Electronic email can be used and not interrupt the recipient. The
The ‘Internet’ is one of the most used search tool on the earth, used by majority of the world’s population for research, communication, conveniences, entertainment and much more. Over the years, cases in relation to negative transformation of human behaviors, where people are becoming emotionally depress, horrified, vulnerable, addicted through the internet has become a serious problem for many people around the world, including us.
There are many pitfalls and perils on the Internet. Some of them are easy to avoid while other are not so obvious. Some of the Pitfalls and perils are annoying, while others are deadly to your computer. Still others are humorous and entertaining. There are many dangers on the Internet. This paper will try to cover some of them.
network allows a person to send E-mail across the world in mere fractions of a
Electronic mail is utilized by various local, state and federal entities. E-mail provides a high level of convenience and accuracy in communication. "Over 40 million workers correspond via e-mail and that number is increasing 20% per year".[ii] Electronic mail (e-mail) is a form of correspondence that has become a popular form of communication in the public sector. Given its ease of use and convenience, e-mail is becoming the correspondence of choice through local, state and federal governments. E-mail is used to coordinate various levels of government, communicate information rapidly and disseminate information to a wide variety of persons in the quickest manner possible. E-mail also delivers cost benefits when compared to the cost of postal services.