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it's not research on humans as such. it was intended to be research on organizations, websites large enough to be subject to the law.
by malwarebytess 5y ago
it's not research on humans as such. it was intended to be research on organizations, websites large enough to be subject to the law.
- kstrauser 5y agoI got one of these letters, and the website in question has $0.00 revenue, and an order of magnitude fewer total users than would invoke the users. The linked story here is about someone who got a letter to their personal blog. The researchers did no (or very poor) screening.
- malwarebytess 5y agoThat I agree with. Their collection methodology was clearly inadequate. They should have been more careful who they mailed, even though they did try to be careful it wasn't enough.