Art Alexion on 25 Feb 2006 16:30:32 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Job offer :: contract position


Cosmin Nicolaescu wrote:

>On Sat, February 25, 2006 10:35 am, Alexander Birch wrote:
>  
>
>>On 2/25/06, Cosmin Nicolaescu <cos@camelot.homelinux.com> wrote:
>><snip>
>>    
>>
>>>And collecting more than 1 mil addresses in 7 days (and then perhaps
>>>more?) certanly doesn't seem to have any other use than .. spam.
>>>      
>>>
>>It doesn't seem to be email harvesting.
>>
>>In the olden days, when people sent you unwanted mail to your house, it
>>was
>>called junk mail.
>>
>>    
>>
>
>That's true, but in an online context junkmail == spam. The fact that I
>used "spam" does not mean that it's illegal. There is legal spam (mostly
>when the user actually has a possiblity to unsubscribe).
>
>But I might be wrong on this, it would be nice if we get some more info on
>what the use would be.
>
There are a lot of legal ways to make money at the expense of the
privacy and annoyance of others, just as there a lot of illegal things
that cause tenuous harm.

legal != ethical != moral

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