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There is the CAN SPAM act, too, but it only works for legitimate organizations with reputations to preserve (politicians and legitimate retailers, mostly). SMT
by username223 11y ago
There is the CAN SPAM act, too, but it only works for legitimate organizations with reputations to preserve (politicians and legitimate retailers, mostly). SMTP-level blocking gets rid of most of the bottom-feeders, and ML targets the stuff in the middle. The web already has customer satisfaction and host-level blocking for the top and bottom, but ML will still be needed for the middle.
- Nullabillity 11y agoThe known sites aren't the one violating CANSPAM (and its ilk). There's a huge difference between websites that people choose to visit and an open inbox that anyone can ping.
- username223 11y agoGiven that even reputable/suable ad networks have been caught distributing malware, I don't see ad slots served by third parties as much better than open inboxes (though at least most mail clients don't load external resources or execute JS by default...). I think the web equivalent of CANSPAM-compliant mail is first-party advertising and third party networks who make a real effort to block malware and enforce some sort of design and privacy standards; maybe they would even obey do-not-track. The bottom-feeders are most of what currently shoves ads at people's faces.