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My solution to this is to always use '+' email addresses - IE: "fabs+hulu@domain.com" - and I filter out all e-mails that don't have the '+' suffix as the recip
by fabbari 4y ago
My solution to this is to always use '+' email addresses - IE: "fabs+hulu@domain.com" - and I filter out all e-mails that don't have the '+' suffix as the recipient.
This way dropping the suffix drops those e-mails in my spam folder. Them normalizing the address makes my spam filter more efficient - and I would like to thank them for it.
- fluidcruft 4y agoIt's not about sending email. They hash the normalized email and use the hash to track activity across websites and services to build user profiles for real-time ad bids.
- AstralStorm 4y agoFancy that, this requires an explicit opt in by GDPR.
- Nextgrid 4y agoThat hasn't stopped them before: https://iapp.org/news/a/belgian-dpa-fines-iab-europe-250k-euros-over-consent-framework-gdpr-violations/ https://iapp.org/news/a/belgian-dpa-fines-iab-europe-250k-eu... And of course with such a small fine it's basically guaranteed they will continue breaching it since it makes them way more money.
- Cthulhu_ 4y agoIn theory yes; in practice, they'll track you anyway because it's not a crime unless you're found out, sued, and don't survive the lawsuit. I'm sure there's a lot of "underground" data transactions happening where the source of data is obfuscated.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 4y agoFacebook (of all places!) is one of the few companies that makes this transparent. If you have a Facebook account, and live in GDPR-land, go check which companies illegally passed on your data (https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/ad_settings https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/ad_settings -> Audience based advertising) and report them!
- trompetenaccoun 4y agoStep 1 in defending your privacy: Sign up to Facebook and give them your data.
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- bityard 4y agoBack when I actually used my Gmail account, I found LOTS of sites that would refuse to accept an email address with a + in it. I attributed this to a mixture of incompetence and active malice. These days I host my own mail server and use . as the sseparator, which has been working well for years.
- wintogreen74 4y agomore likely the js snippet or regex they C&P from the interwebs disallowed it.
- aendruk 4y ago> incompetence
- paledot 4y agoI stopped doing this after I encountered a website that accepted + in the registration form but not the email confirmation.
- Tepix 4y agoThem normalizing those addresses will allow them to track you across all involved parties, however.