ZDNet reports on a survey from the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group that finds a surprising number of people open suspect spam messages and even click on included links or forward the messages. We're not entirely sure what to make of the survey findings overall, but anyone interested in the spam problem would be well served to read the full survey (in PDF, linked in the ZDNet article) and ponder the results.
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Record Online Meetings in Pear Note
While Pear Note is primarily geared toward recording notes in the physical world, it's possible to use it to record things in the virtual world as well. For instance, you can use it to record and take notes on Skype calls. To do this:
- Download Soundflower and install it (along with the Soundflowerbed app that comes with it).
- Download LineIn and install it.
- Start Soundflowerbed, and select Built-in Output (or whatever output you'd like to listen to the conversation on).
- Start LineIn, and select your microphone (e.g. Built-in Mic) as the input and Soundflower (2ch) as the output, then press Pass Thru.
- Open Pear Note Preferences, select Recording, and select Soundflower (2ch) as the audio device.
- Open Skype Preferences, select Audio, and select Soundflower (2ch) as the audio output and your microphone (e.g. Built-in Mic) as the audio input.
- Hit record in Pear Note and make your Skype call.
This will allow you to conduct your Skype call while Pear Note records both your audio and the other participant's.
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Adam C. Engst
Email Security Survey Finds Many Read Spam
Many years ago I created an email address to purchase things like software, amazon etc. I didn't want any spam in my personal email address. Years later I have yet to receive any spam in my "to purchase" address mail box. My personal email address mail box is filled with spam. My theory much of the spam comes from emails with a cc instead of a bcc and friends who went on web pages and put in my personal email address so I can get too good to believe deals, greeting cards etc.
There are lots of places where email addresses can be picked up by spammers. Most legitimate companies are safe, however, which explains your good experience with the purchasing address. The only trouble there would be a disgruntled employee stealing and reselling a list of addresses.