Spam has been and will be among us

On Wednesday 8th November, the 4th international conference "The problem of spam and its solutions" was held in Moscow, organized by Kaspersky Laboratories and Mail.ru. The interesting reports made to the conference including the appearance of Victor Naumov, partner in the legal firm Beiten Burkhardt. He believes that Russia does not have an extensive law-enforcement practice relative to spammers, in connection with the emergence of a new federal law "On advertising", which has been almost unused in relation to spammers. The more "technical" reports discussed new methods to combat spam, including advanced versions of the "Turing Test". On the whole the conference concluded that spam was inevitable.