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For me my gmail was not in bad shape until a particular social network leak, now it gets signed up for every single website with a weak CAPCHA. Probably 4 or 5
by jandrese 5y ago
For me my gmail was not in bad shape until a particular social network leak, now it gets signed up for every single website with a weak CAPCHA. Probably 4 or 5 websites and mailing lists a week now. I have learned which sites will let you sign up multiple times with the same email address. Some dating websites apparently don't check at all and I now have dozens of accounts on them. Hooray.
- josephg 5y agoPlenty of websites also seem to consider email confirmations optional in their sign-up flow. Which is to say, if you never confirm your email address, plenty of websites will still consider your account active enough to spam you.