Post APEjXoIwL5VyfRFzIO by relee@plush.city
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(DIR) Post #APEgnUHOG9hxKdJdmi by relee@plush.city
2022-11-03T18:58:30Z
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I just got an email from my telecom, Telus, with the subject "Arthur, you’re pretty unique. Let’s keep it that way."That feels really... threatning. And aggressive?It's actually an ad for a service they're trying to sell me. Identity theft protection, powered by Norton of all companies...We all know about Mouseland voting for cats, but this is kind of a step beyond? Like, they're teaming up with the robbers to make protection rackets more efficient for the end user/mark/victim.
(DIR) Post #APEgnUlsQo5urBZzIu by Azure@tailswish.industries
2022-11-03T19:10:46.658110Z
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@relee I've occasionally wondered if the companies that charge a monthly subscription to send removal requests to 'people finder' sites and data brokers spend a lot of time and money to lobby against bills that would regulate data brokers in the first place…
(DIR) Post #APEjXoIwL5VyfRFzIO by relee@plush.city
2022-11-03T19:37:03Z
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@Azure Maybe? I don't know if they have to. A lot of those businesses are in foriegn countries, so they don't have to do anything locally, while the countries getting the spam have to do multi-national policing actions in foriegn countries, usually India...