Gates prediction: spam gone within two years |
Gates says spam dead within two years:
One, which he called human interaction, would send a puzzle back to the sender. The puzzle would be designed so that only a human could solve it. The e-mail would be accepted only if the puzzle was solved. The second, which Gates called computational, would require that the sending computer carry out a calculation. Having to do the calculation repetitively would prove costly to the sender, he said.
Gate’s first suggestion is already available now and it hasn’t done anything and the second, which I commented on when I first heard about sounds very promisiing.
The third approach, which is the one Gates predicted would become the accepted method, is monetary. It would require senders to pay a fee to a recipient. If the e-mail is legitimate, the recipient could waive the fee.
This approach is intriguing and could lead to higher customer support fees and/or internal messaging systems. Generally, I like the idea of internal message systems as opposed to email anyway.
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