Why Spam Cannot be Stopped

There will be virus free computers within 5 years. Widespread adoption will happen within 10.

Malware takes advantage of the fact that security architectures are over 30 years out of date. Someday the OS in a computer will be as invisible to the average user as the preamplifier in a home theater sound system. We should have some modern security features like capabilities by then.

I don't see why one couldn't have an OS that consisted entirely of a web browser, and absolutely nothing else visible to the user. System prefs would just be the pages accessible under "system:" If that browser was like Google Chrome, then everything could be sandboxed. (No web plugins or ActiveX. In fact, there could easily be no way for any executable code to get on the box other than Javascript, which would be subject to the sandboxing.)

In any case, spam hardly bothers me at all. I rarely see it. When I do, it's not a hassle. My problem is with information overload from legitimate sources. That is getting to be a problem!

We should convert our society from the current system of easily transferable electronic money to one based on large heavy cinder blocks as currency. No longer will a spammer be able to access your bank account electronically and siphon off your funds. You will have a large cave or other storage area where you accumulate your cinder blocks.

It could work! See "Burkina Faso" http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso Currency: Giant Stone Wheels, Bananas

I bet they didn't have any email spam.

As long as crime pays, there will be criminals.