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Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. I would be completely unsurprised to find that other than having the data in some po
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
I would be completely unsurprised to find that other than having the data in some poorly secured database it isn't used for anything useful.
- toufiqbarhamov 8y agoNever forget the corollary! “...But don’t dismiss malice.” Dismissing reasonable concerns about a nearly universal practice is best done through reasoned argument, not aphorism.
- EnFinlay 8y agoTo be pedantic, that's till harvesting your data, it's just not selling it. Does that make it malicious and stupid?
- darkpuma 8y agoYou should be aware that many malicious people feign incompetence when caught.
- VBprogrammer 8y agoI'm really surprised this was down voted so much. I really don't think it's all that controversial. Like so many websites require registration when you are almost guaranteed never to return.
- brewdad 8y agoI feel really bad for bobsmith@aol.com. He probably had to abandon that address years ago.
- ouid 8y agonever attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by profit motive.