I have never had any real problems with spam on my email account so this section kind of surprised me. Sure I get the On campus events and parking information regularly (actually I get them twice because I work for the school as well) and they are annoying but I avoid giving my email address out to just anybody or anything I sign up for on the Internet. Needless to say this reading was eye-opening and I think we are on the right track to stopping it.
First off, people need to be smart and careful with who they give their address too. I know that spammers can do searches and hack in and find email addresses but the same concept can be taken to bank accounts. People can steal our identity and you wouldn't just throw your pin number around right? If spam bothers you, take action. I have a separate junk email account that I have created when I sign up for things online and they want an email address. Things like ebay alerts and youtube emails that I do not care about go to my account separate from school and important stuff.
Also we shouldn't get caught up in the hype of "spammers controlling the Internet" and surf the Internet afraid. Sure its a problem, but lets not get carried away with front page story headlines. People love doomsday stories so I do not think we should worry too much. One remedy is to fight back and possibly spam the spammers. Who knows if this is possible but like anything, sometimes people only understand retaliation.
Just don't open anything you don't recognize like "you just won a million dollars."
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