When Does Signing Up Become 'Opting In?'

Posted by Soulskill on Monday September 19, 2011 @02:02PM from the give-an-inch-and-they-take-a-mile dept.

AmyVernon writes "This piece from RWW got me thinking about whether, when you sign up for access to a site, you're actually signing up to get a slew of email spam from them. The single opt-in is still really popular, which I've noticed because I often check the box indicating I don't want further emails from a company or publisher. I always assume that giving my actual email address means I'm going to get spam-type emails from whomever. It still surprises me that most people don't. But it does raise a good question: Shouldn't you be able to sign up for something without automatically being signed up for a never-ending stream of 'updates?'"

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Stunning by kiwimate · 2011-09-19 15:42 · Score: 0, Troll

(Slashdot, some random story about spam) Blah blah blah paragon of virtue morals everyone should do what's right holier than thou...
(Slashdot, some random story about copyright infringement) whine anger pout serves them right greedy thieving fascists yeah it's wrong but *&^% those &^%*# I'll keep on downloading stuff I haven't bought until the day I die (justify blindly, etc....)