At 04:03 PM 5/23/03 -0400, Ken Burrough wrote:
>I was warned by N4LQ, Steve about the Spam on Yahoo and he was right. I
>filled in their "privacy policy" stating not to give out any of my info,
>well guess what, I started getting SPAM, and not just the common type like
>"We have the morgue rate for you". I was getting PORN, everything from
>"making me the envoy of all" to "make her happy by lasting longer".
Well, I guess maybe I have to dissent. Most of the spam I get comes as a
result of my being on a couple of ham-related alias servers -- I won't name
names, but I know several people who have actually dropped their ARRL
aliases because of spam. When you think about it, it's easy enough for a
spam merchant to run every possible call-sign against an alias server, and
keep the ones that aren't bounced "user unknown" as good addresses.
As for the personal data, is there anything that says you have to tell them
the truth?
73, Pete N4ZR
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