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SPAM: THE DOCUMENTARY is a humorous and insightful look into the global
culture of spam - one of the 20th century's most
annoying and harmful inventions.
If you have a mailbox, you probably have spam.
Meet Dave, he'd like to improve himself - but he's just not into dieting, exercise or any kind of
hard work. But Dave is into the internet – just like millions of other people on this planet. And everyday, Dave receives a warm friendly email from
someone who offers to help him improve himself.
What if Dave were to actually take up these amazing
deals or help those less fortunate who are asking for
his assistance? Just think how much he could improve
himself!
So Dave is going to jump into the proverbial rabbit hole
and answer these unsolicited bulk emails that seem to be
personally addressed to him.
But what
exactly is spam? And where does it come from? And who is
sending it?
On a quest
to get to the bottom of the most annoying feature of the
internet, Dave ventures to Hormel, meets Terry Jones
from Monty Python, goes to the secret control room of
AOL, talks with the world's foremost anti-spammer,
uncovers how cyber forensics works, tries to meet
a
spammer, and uncovers the real threat that spam poses.
Oh, and
tries to improve his life.
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