[NTLK] Age of List

[Dan]

On 3/30/2018 5:23 AM, Florian Voigt wrote:
 > http://lists.newtontalk.net/pipermail/newtontalk/2018-March/015830.html
I stand corrected.  I use the MARC archive and that does obfuscate the addresses.  Last I looked the other archive did, perhaps that changed in the years since I used it last.  If I remember correctly, the software was updated several times over the years, perhaps a change happened during that time.
 
> I really don’t get the fear of spam. It’s 2018. The nigerian princes and viagra salesmen stopped mailing me years ago. The only “spam” ever to hit my junk folder (not inbox) is some newsletter of sites that I registered an account at. And that’s easily dealt with. I get that it may be different for you, I just want to explain why I don’t see a big problem with spam.
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Ironically, the day after this exchange I was added to more real estate mailing lists.  Since they are "legit" they bypass all spam filters.  I get signed up to these lists on a regular basis without my permission, and it becomes a exercise in wack-a-mole-unsubscribe.  I know this time was just coincidence, but it is a good example.  Perhaps you don't get much spam these days, but many of us still do.
  
> I never new that phone numbers, IPs and email addresses where public on Facebook. The problem with Facebook is a common misconception that you too fell for. There was no leak. It’s the busyness model of Facebook to sell your data. And that’s what they did. Facebook worked as designed. Basically their business model is what worries me (much more than spam bots seing my mail address). That was my point.
They are for sure when they have glitches, of which there have been many (or they hide the settings to make things private).  Facebook has a nasty habit of showing everything by default even if you tell it not to.  The latest issue wasn't exactly a leak, yes I should have been more detailed in my language.  More of a passing of data without the users permission.  Granted it was a 3rd party app, but still it was passing said data without permission.

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> OK, I see how this is really getting off-topic. 
*snip*
I agree.  Consider it dropped. :)

-Dan