Isn't this like a bad idea?
Hi folks, Selling email addresses seems to me to be a bad idea. Wouldn't it be better to have people sign up instead of this? I mean, it looks like this is for spammers. Who can I contact about this abuse? thanks, -lile
From mick3@concentric.net Wed Mar 19 21:18:24 1997 Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:17:18 -0500 (EST) Comments: Authenticated sender is <mick3@pop3.concentric.net> From: "mick3@concentric.net" <mick3@concentric.net> To: you@concentric.net Subject: 1 MIO e-mail addresses for sale
Hello, and sorry to bug you... If you are not a business owner, we apologize. For Sale: 1 MILLION E-MAIL ADDRESSES FOR $95.00 or 2million for $ 155.00 - or 3 million for $ 195.00 Available on 3.5" disk or e-mail download. These are fresh lists, no BS...plain ASCI format, one per line. This is a one time mailing, you will not be contacted again. Send check or money order to: YMR - ADDRESS LIST P.O. Box 654 Marysville, Ca 95901 ( please specify, if you want 3.5" disk or have it sent via e-mail as *.zip file) Questions? call Mick at (916) 741-2622 TO BE PROMTLY REMOVED, TYPE "REMOVE"
At 12:45 PM -0800 3/20/97, Lile Elam wrote:
Hi folks,
Selling email addresses seems to me to be a bad idea. Wouldn't it be better to have people sign up instead of this? I mean, it looks like this is for spammers.
Who can I contact about this abuse?
It may be tacky and undesirable, but public information is just that, public. (I don't mean some quasi-legalistic distinction between "public" and "private," as defined by regulators, I mean information publically accessible.) If one wants something kept private, use privacy tools. (And as Cypherpunks know so well, if regulators/legislators attempt to interfere in such markets, the markets will simply move to other jurisdictions, or into cyphersace.) --Tim May Just say "No" to "Big Brother Inside" We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."
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