We all despise the proliferation of phishing, hacking, malware,
spyware and data mining for personal information which has
insidiously infected the indispensable electronic communications
systems on which we depend. The mass emails in my Inbox are, in the
main, an unwelcome annoyance. Last week, these unsolicited emails
came from banks, magazine publishers, law firms, a few big box
stores, mortgage brokers, camera companies, BBQ companies, drug
companies and credit repair companies. But, I wonder, are they any
less welcome than the 18 ozs of print flyers in my week-end
newspapers? (I actually weighed them).
I don't know any phishers or hackers but I do know many who
send "commercial electronic messages" which encourage or
deal with the exchange of money. These perpetrators of
"commercial electronic messages" are clients! They
collect email addresses of old customers, new customers, former
customers, potential customers and just about anyone else to send
out email
