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So, I'll use this to release my startup idea to solve spam. I am never going to build a startup at this point in my life, so I'm releasing this idea into the et
by hash872 4y ago
So, I'll use this to release my startup idea to solve spam. I am never going to build a startup at this point in my life, so I'm releasing this idea into the ether- maybe someone can make this happen :)
It's an email service/mailbox, let's call it inboundmail.com. You create your personal email there, let's say hash872@inboundmail.com. Every time you receive unsolicited spam to your 'real' Gmail or what have you, you respond with back with a stern GPDR/CCPA request that they delete your Gmail- and replace it with your unique, @inboundmail.com address. Within Inbound you can create any rules that you like to filter, block etc. This becomes your new 'public' address, like a Google Voice for email. Recruiters can spam you here, and so on. Revenue model? You charge senders to send x number of emails to inboundmail.com a month- the same way LinkedIn does.
In fact, speaking of LinkedIn- you could replace your personal email on file with LinkedIn, with your Inbound one. All LinkedIn messages get filtered to Inbound! Then you can sort, filter, auto-reply, block etc.
Could spammers just ignore Inbound and keep spamming your Gmail? Maybe, but I see the world going in a more regulated direction with GPDR/CCPA that makes this untenable. Once companies start paying some real fines, it'll be more difficult. 'Thanks Mr. Recruiter- please send future JDs to my Inbound email address', etc. You're in control. Thank you for coming to my TED talk
- pc86 4y agoPretty ironic to release your anti-spam startup by spamming a [mostly unrelated] thread about marketing emails originating from one's GitHub profile. > you respond with back with a stern GPDR/CCPA request that they delete your Gmail- and replace it with You can demand the data be removed but that's pretty much where it ends. There's not really any legal backing to demand that your data be replaced with other, specific data.
- hash872 4y agoHmm, sorry if it didn't come across intended. I see it as related in that my idea is a solution to spam, including the specific issue in the Tell HN- you could replace whatever personal email you have in your Github profile with this new one, thus directing all spam to one central location
- henryfjordan 4y agoI don't know whether changing a preferred email would be covered, but the GDPR does allow you to demand your data be corrected. If your name is misspelled, for instance, you can force the other party to change it. https://gdpr-info.eu/art-16-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-16-gdpr/