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Some may even be oblivious to the fact that the article is from 2004 ;) Deepfakes weren't even a fever dream yet.
by donatj 2y ago
Some may even be oblivious to the fact that the article is from 2004 ;)
Deepfakes weren't even a fever dream yet.
- unyttigfjelltol 2y agoSpam exploded in 2003[1] to the modern experience of it. Before that, spam was somewhat infrequent, even without countermeasures. I recall in the 2001 time period being so annoyed by each individual spam note that I would respond to the appropriate "abuse@" email. By 2004, it was a torrent and totally impractical, and I don't think it was because of my own notes to administrators. [1] https://www.emailtray.com/blog/email-spam-trends-2001-2012/ https://www.emailtray.com/blog/email-spam-trends-2001-2012/
- blitzar 2y agoWhen Gmail launched on April 1, 2004, there were two big selling points for me - storage and spam.
- Diederich 2y ago...and search. That was amazing.
- znpy 2y agoI can confirm it was amazing. I got my first gmail address via an invite and it was light-years ahead of everything else. Nowadays it's possibly worse than most other providers, and it doesn't filter spam as well as it used to. Nowadays I just dislike it.
- bbaron63 2y agoI remember the first spam I ever received. It was in 1998 on my first day working at AOL. It promised an advanced degree from a prestigious, unaccredited institution. The spammers were somewhat honest back then.
- slmkbh 2y agoMy brain swapped the second zero to a two... But I did think the 1990 reference a little odd..
- bsenftner 2y agoActually, as the patent author of what are now called deep fakes, 2004 was when I got formal in my research to create the tech, with full knowledge of what it has become, and a mission to prevent the Orwellian uses active today.
- RajT88 2y agoBack then, we called it "Photoshop"