I'm not sure why it's privacy related... I'm on his list and as far as I know, the mailing list was vulnerable to spam, so I guess you could say security is lac

I'm not sure why it's privacy related... I'm on his list and as far as I know, the mailing list was vulnerable to spam, so I guess you could say security is lacking. But privacy? Your email address isn't leaked out to anyone (so once the fix comes in, no more spam), and you gave up no other info when you signed up.