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It's funny to hear this experience. I've been doing this consistently for about 5 years now and have noticed 2 instances where this occurred, and in both there
by FemmeAndroid 5y ago
It's funny to hear this experience. I've been doing this consistently for about 5 years now and have noticed 2 instances where this occurred, and in both there were prior disclosures about a security failure.
I tend to sign up for a lot of things (I'm seeing over 150 unique email addresses I receive emails from using this scheme), but I guess I'm just getting lucky.
Also, just out of curiosity, where does one sell email addresses, and how much are they worth? I take signups on a few websites, and I'd never sell my users' email, but I'm just curious to learn more.
- lwn 5y agoI used to trade e-mail addresses with various banks, some 15 years ago. I'd just call up their marketing departments and offer those as 'financial leads'. I had a network of people who had various ad campaigns running where a customer could win something if the'd leave their personal (financial) data.
- kbenson 5y agoI did it in the early 2000s with a domain I picked up just for that purpose, which I'm almost positive was "myspamstopper.com", but I let the registration lapse and it was snapped up. It's amazing what was still available back then to easily register.
- layer8 5y agoNot the GP, but I’m experiencing this mostly with small to mid-sized online retailers.