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I used to be a loyal subscriber to Linux Journal and would await every issue. Then I started getting junk mail from (if memory serves me) ACM. When I pressed th

by vertis 7y ago

I used to be a loyal subscriber to Linux Journal and would await every issue. Then I started getting junk mail from (if memory serves me) ACM. When I pressed them about it they revealed that they'd gotten my physical address from Linux Journal. I cancelled my subscription and never picked up another copy. I can't help wonder how many other people got annoyed at that kind of behaviour given the cross over between Linux and Privacy. Note: I'll still mourn it's loss because it had a huge impact on my teenage years.

mehrdadn 7y ago
How do you "press" an organization? Every time I've tried to ask someone where they got my info they either ignored it or refused to tell me. Did you have some kind of leverage over the ACM?
xeromal 7y ago
I'm sure those ads were started the first time they were pressed for money
justin66 7y ago
Letters from the ACM. That must have been so hard for you.
- vertis 7y ago
  It's the principle more than anything. I gave LJ my address so they could deliver my magazine (that I paid for) not so they could sell it to someone else.
  - isostatic 7y ago
    Yet many on HN despise the GDPR, which was designed for exactly this type of data misuse
asark 7y ago
I'm pretty sure all magazines do that. I just buy issues I want on ebay now, after being burned by that. Cheaper than the "discount" subscriber rate, cheaper than buying backissues directly from the magazine. Ebay's probably selling all my info too but they've already got it anyway.