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US Treasury to Post Previously Private Email Addresses Online

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the liars-damn-liars-and-statisticians dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After receiving around 10 thousand comments about a government proceeding and after promising not to reveal personal info from those comments online, the US Treasury department decided to post email addresses of those who commented online. Sounds like they don't want any more comments about government proceedings. The email harvesters are going to have a great time."

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  1. Re:Thanks for nothin' by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey now, just because you cant afford your own "undisclosed location" dont be player hating our VP.

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  2. You neglect one important point... by clifgriffin · · Score: 5, Funny

    We have anti-spam laws now.

    Those will stop the spammers and email harvesters.

    Clif

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  3. Capitalism at work by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just show the treasury you disaprove by not using their products. If enough people do this they'll get the message and change their policies.

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    1. Re:Capitalism at work by runlvl0 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Just show the treasury you disaprove by not using their products.

      Awww, but they just spent $32 million on advertising their Fall 2003 product line!

      Personally, I'm only using Republic of Texas money.

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  4. I Protest. by Murmer · · Score: 5, Funny
    I, for one, plan to boycott money.

    Of course I'm a student, so I'm pretty much doing that anyway.

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  5. Re:Perl?!? by Greyfox · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is the government we're talking about here. If it's not written in COBOL or ADA they don't want anything to do with it.

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  6. They Say it's Because they CAN'T Remove Them by ReadParse · · Score: 5, Funny

    For crying out loud. Please tell me you're compelled by the law or by a Supreme Court decision. Tell me you didn't notice. Tell me you don't care about privacy. Tell me it's an April Fools Joke. But please, please, don't tell me you're posting them because you can't get rid of them. It just makes you look silly. The answer is Perl and a competent scripter. Send the data to me after I sign a nondisclosure and I'll clean it for you. It's not that much data anyway.

    For Pete's Sake!

    RP

  7. Re:And the FTC explicitly advises against... by javacowboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sure... you can file a complaint with the FTC. But you must include your email address.

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  8. Re:Mm, feds. by Delirium+Tremens · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe the US troops in Iraq should come back to liberate this country.

  9. Re:Thanks for nothin' by Guppy06 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Doesn't the entire state of Wyoming qualify as an "undisclosed location?"