Are you kidding me, running a botnet is easier than it has been in years if you're that way inclined. The amount of spam I see has gone way up over the last 6 months.
> running a botnet is easier than it has been in years if you're that way inclined.
Even if it is 'easier', the bots are identified, down-ranked straight to the bottom and shadow-banned to invisibility. It is essentially evaporating money and time.
> The amount of spam I see has gone way up over the last 6 months.
Yeah. The spam has gone way up into smoke over the last 6 months. It is only going to get more expensive to spam as soon as the paid changes come in.