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Hold the Spam, Please

SUMMARY

In 2005, the majority of emails sent across the world was spam, which was a major problem for the NSA. "Spam affects NSA by impeding our collection, processing and storage of DNI [digital network intelligence] traffic." The article briefly describes how analysts have tackled the problem to greatly reduce the amount of spam that shows up "in their daily searches."

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Feb 03, 2005

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Feb 05, 2018