Via Wilfed Hughes we have:
1864: The first record of electronic spam involved a telegram sent by a dentist in London. One of the recipients was so infuriated by this poppycock that he composed a letter to the editor of The Times the next day, begging the newspaper to kindly demand a stop to this nonsense. pic.twitter.com/kXzrWiApZ7
— Today In Infosec (@todayininfosec) May 30, 2018
Over 150 years and we still haven’t won. Or made any progress for that matter. Maybe if we all complain to The New York Times.