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My undergrad thesis, written four years ago, was a taxonomy of anti-spam systems. Since then, every anti-spam system that I've seen both (1) falls neatly within
by cduan 18y ago
My undergrad thesis, written four years ago, was a taxonomy of anti-spam systems. Since then, every anti-spam system that I've seen both (1) falls neatly within one of my categories and (2) fails to account for the problems I identified in that category.
This idea is an authentication-based system, because it relies on identifying the message sender in order to prevent spam. Among other things, it fails to account for identity theft.
For reference, here is my thesis: http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/download/?file=thesis.pdf http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/download/?file=thesis.pdf
- tomjen 18y agoIt is an interesting thesis, but some of your points, such as the one that people with spam filters gets as much spam as those without, seem a little dated. Since I switched to GMail I have gotten practically no spam.