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Intuition Not Enough to Spot “Spammy” Sites


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Users performed the worst on the online dating and credit card categories. Only 40% of quiz takers correctly selected plentyoffish.com rather than cupidjunction.com as the dating site that respects e-mail privacy. Some quiz takers were probably skeptical of plentyoffish.com's free membership. They may have tried to intuit the site's business model, perhaps concluding that the only way the site could make money was to sell customer e-mail addresses. But our inbox of only 1 e-mail per week supports their privacy policy statement that they do not share personal information with third parties.

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Are you spam savvy? Can you tell which Web sites will respect your personal information? Can you tell which ones might sell or rent your e-mail address to spammy third parties? Take our Spam Quiz to find out if you can spot a spammy Web site before your inbox suffers the consequences.