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I think a very vocal minority has made the world think that all internet users are concerned with this stuff, when in fact, they are only concerned when someone asks them about it. Otherwise, they will buy from whomever and hand over CC #s like they were phone numbers.
It's a sad, sad fact.
Don't get confused by the raw numbers.
Last I heard, a very conservative estimation said that for every product sold per spam, at least 20'000 messages need to be sent out. I'd actually expect that number to be higher by now.
This means that in the example, at least 120 million messages were sent out per month. Seeing that roughly a dozen land in my own inbox daily, this looks like a realistic figure. On top of that, we should probably also take into account that wired didn't check how many of the mentioned 6000 orders were actually valid.
Those remaining valid orders certainly don't represent the "average internet user". They represent the most gullible few idiots out there.
>> It just confirms my belief that the average internet user is not as concerned about these issues (security, spam, credibility)as A) we think and B) as they should be
Not only average joes , according to the article the customers include the head of a 6 billion fund and the president of a california airplane parts supplier!
lol
