A new question just popped into my inbox:
Hello IT Nerd. Canada has a new anti-spam law that goes into effect July 1st and I am wondering if you think it will work?
Cheers!
Thanks for the question.
I think this new spam law is going to be ineffective. The law requires senders to get the permission of recipients. Good luck with that. I’m pretty sure that some people aren’t going to do that. Secondly, It will do little to stop spam as I think it will have no effect on those spammers outside of Canada which is where most spam comes from. So I fully expect that you will continue to see e-mails trying to get you to buy Viagra in your inbox past July 1st. Now that’s not to say it’s all bad. The good can be found in the fact that text messages, social media, IM and voice messages are included in this law. But that doesn’t stop this law from being a bit of a #fail. Give it a year and I think that it will become clear as to how much of a failure this law is.
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Hey IT Nerd! Will The New Canadian Spam Law Work?
A new question just popped into my inbox:
Hello IT Nerd. Canada has a new anti-spam law that goes into effect July 1st and I am wondering if you think it will work?
Cheers!
Thanks for the question.
I think this new spam law is going to be ineffective. The law requires senders to get the permission of recipients. Good luck with that. I’m pretty sure that some people aren’t going to do that. Secondly, It will do little to stop spam as I think it will have no effect on those spammers outside of Canada which is where most spam comes from. So I fully expect that you will continue to see e-mails trying to get you to buy Viagra in your inbox past July 1st. Now that’s not to say it’s all bad. The good can be found in the fact that text messages, social media, IM and voice messages are included in this law. But that doesn’t stop this law from being a bit of a #fail. Give it a year and I think that it will become clear as to how much of a failure this law is.
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