On 29-Aug-08, at 3:08 AM, Martin Tomasek wrote: >> Richard Clayton, a security researcher at the University of Cambridge >> in the U.K., says he found evidence that the more common the first >> letter in your email address is, the more spam you get: in other >> words, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typically gets a higher volume of spam than >> [EMAIL PROTECTED], or [EMAIL PROTECTED] He says that’s simply >> because there are more combinations of names that begin with “A” than >> with “Q” or “Z.”
Musta been a slow news day at the register, because this research elicits the biggest, "Well... DUH" Suppose its just concrete proof of the bleedingly obvious. cheers, --dr -- World Security Pros. Cutting Edge Training, Tools, and Techniques Buenos Aires, Argentina Sept. 30 / Oct. 1 - 2008 http://ba-con.com.ar Tokyo, Japan November 12/13 2008 http://pacsec.jp Vancouver, Canada March 16-20 2009 http://cansecwest.com pgpkey http://dragos.com/ kyxpgp _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
