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I was thinking that maybe users weren't seeing the emails. Look at the stats provided to LE: there were a grand total of zero refused requests. Instead, all t
by magduf 7y ago
I was thinking that maybe users weren't seeing the emails.
Look at the stats provided to LE: there were a grand total of zero refused requests. Instead, all the requests were either approved (small minority), or ignored (all the rest). The requests were sent by email. Perhaps the users simply didn't see the emails. Most likely, they went into the Spam folder. Or the users are so inundated with other junk and other email (that makes it past the Spam filter) that they just didn't notice them. Maybe the users don't even look at their email very often.
Has Ring done any research to see if their emails are getting into their users' Spam folders?
Seriously, email these days isn't the greatest communication tool any more, thanks to the spammers. GMail does a pretty decent job of filtering, but not everyone uses it. Look how many clueless people still use their ISP's crappy email service!
As for the IRS, you're right about that: all the spam/robocall/scam calls have basically ruined voice calling on phones. I almost never answer my phone any more unless it's someone already in my contact list, because it's usually someone I don't want to talk to (and if it's from my own area code, it's almost always a scammer).
- throwaway87378 7y ago> Seriously, email these days isn't the greatest communication tool any more, thanks to the spammers. Do you have any better alternatives? > GMail does a pretty decent job of filtering, but not everyone uses it. Yes, anyone not using Gmail is completely inundated with spam every second of every day, is a troglodyte, and how do they even survive? As the posted article shows, the best thing for everyone is to hand over all of our private information, communication, and GPS coordinates to the big tech oligopolies.
- inetknght 7y agoI agree with everything you said except this: > Has Ring done any research to see if their emails are getting into their users' Spam folders? How would you do that without putting tracking pixels/images/scripts/anything inside of an email?
- eth0up 7y agoYour first paragraph may contain a small error in failing to consider that the perceived safest and easiest way to refuse might be to ignore. An LE request can be intimidating to some and it's not difficult to imagine some preferring to not get involved. Rather than officially decline, avoidance might actually be a common method in such situations. This is possible. Edit: correct silly wording