Spam

Spam Origin: India stands at 3rd Position [Worldwide]

By sinha No comments

Till few months back, India was the least spammy among BRIC countries and now, we are world’s #3! As per the data released by Symantec, US is number 1 followed by Brazil and then, India. Some of the highlights: Russian … Read More »

spam

05 Feb

TRAI’s NDNC for SMS – Not at all SME Friendly?

By sinha 11 Comments

[In conversation with a mobile startup] The recent TRAI guidelines about UCC (Unsolicited Commercial Communication) is causing more grief than doing anything useful to strengthen the regulatory framework to curb UCC. While the motive is good, implementation sucks. What’s the … Read More »

ndnc, politics, sms, spam

11 Dec

Indian Politicians don’t give a damn to NDNC

By sinha 1 Comment

The very existence of NDNC has been questioned by the govt. and it seems politicians have called the final blow by spamming 60 million cellphone users Delhi alone witnessed about 5 million SMSes sent out by each of the main … Read More »

ndnc, politics, spam

18 Nov

How much is your data worth? Lets hear from Spam Industry

By sinha 4 Comments

Got this mail /spam from a bulk mailer agency – shows worth of your personal data. Worth of 50K CEO’s pesonal email ids is Rs. 10K! Database of Mumbai car owner is worth 5 times that of Kolkata! All India … Read More »

India Business, Interestingness, spam

09 Oct

India 7th Spammiest Country, Russia Tops the Chart

By sinha 2 Comments

Image by silkegb via Flickr Few months back, India was the least spammy among BRIC countries and as per a new report, India has beaten China and has moved up the ladder! List of Spammy Countries list of spammy countries … Read More »

spam, Technology

19 Jun

Google thinks DeccanHerald is an attack site

By sinha 4 Comments

Search for deccanherald.com in Google and you get a warning “The site may harm your computer” Google has it’s own reasons for tagging Deccanherald as a “suspicious’ site: Of the 41 pages we tested on the site over the past … Read More »

google, spam

15 Feb

Email – Y!, Goog and spams

By sinha 2 Comments

While Google opens its doors and makes Gmail invitation free, Yahoo has integrated Y! messenger with its’ email client [beta] and Flickr. Interestingly, Gmail is second to Y! in India and with Gmail going invitation free, Y! surely has a … Read More »

google, spam, yahoo