AOL the good guys?
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CtrlPhreak
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· Score: 3, Interesting
There's no way that aol is the good guy when it comes to spam, they sell members emails for spam usage. I know mine was sold because I created a brand new screen name specifically to avoid spam (previous screen name gets like 10 spams an hour), and did nothing on it. AIM and web outside of aol itself and no chatting in it. And within 3 days I was getting spam. Now tell me my address was not stolen.
A couple lawsuit/settlement details
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daoine
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· Score: 3, Interesting
The article doesn't say anything. There's a little more information in this CNet story though. Turns out they nailed a Florida based company, alleging that the company offered incentives for 3rd parties to transmit spam.
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There's no way that aol is the good guy when it comes to spam, they sell members emails for spam usage. I know mine was sold because I created a brand new screen name specifically to avoid spam (previous screen name gets like 10 spams an hour), and did nothing on it. AIM and web outside of aol itself and no chatting in it. And within 3 days I was getting spam. Now tell me my address was not stolen.
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The article doesn't say anything. There's a little more information in this CNet story though. Turns out they nailed a Florida based company, alleging that the company offered incentives for 3rd parties to transmit spam.