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> double opt-in every sign up to ensure that it is really the person subscribing and not some joe job. Unfortunately many large US businesses still do not do t
by RandomBacon 6y ago
> double opt-in every sign up to ensure that it is really the person subscribing and not some joe job.
Unfortunately many large US businesses still do not do this (or verify email ownership when registering for something). Other people enter their first + last @gmail when signing up for things (I have a common name), but that doesn't mean they have a business relationship with me, so it's legally defined as spam.
I don't shed a tear when I mark it as spam.
- Macha 6y agoYeah, I have my first name and first initial of my surname on an old Gmail address, have at least 3 separate people who seem to put it in as their own email address
- eli 6y agoWhat US law defines that as spam?
- freehunter 6y agoIt’s called CAN-SPAM: https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/can...
- eli 6y agoCAN-SPAM does not require a business relationship at all to send an email, let alone a double opt in.
- freehunter 6y agoI assumed “that” referred to “I don’t have a business relationship with the company”.
- freehunter 6y agoI’m in a bit of a battle with Facebook right now (been going on for over a year) where someone has signed up for Facebook with one of my email addresses. I couldn’t do anything to stop it. I opened a support ticket and Facebook pretty much said “there is nothing we can do”. So I spammed the login page until Facebook locked the account. To which they then sent me a forgot password email which I clicked “this isn’t my account” and they again said “sorry about that but there is nothing we can do”. At this point I’m fairly confident that the person cannot get into their account that uses my email address, but every few months I get an email that they’re trying to reset their password and I click the “this isn’t me” and Facebook says “sorry... nothing we can do”. All because they don’t verify email addresses when someone signs up for an account.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoI'm undecided on whether it would have been a good idea, but could you have reset the password (since it's your email), logged in, and deleted the account from there?
- CodeWriter23 6y agoUnless the 3rd party enabled 2FA
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoThey didn't even verify their email. I'd be extremely surprised if they turned on two factor authentication.
- freehunter 6y agoI tried resetting the password but Facebook does a security challenge and won’t let me through.
- sova 6y agoDefinitely by design. "Introduce friction to prevent customer support tickets in the future? Ha!"