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Network Solutions Opts Customer Into $1,850 Security Service
An anonymous reader writes "Brent Simmons has posted about a troubling email he received from Network Solutions. He registered two domains with them in the 1990s, and the domains remain registered today. Simmons just received an email informing him that he'd been opted into some kind of security service called Weblock, and that he would be billed $1,850 for the first year. Further, he would be billed $1,350 for every year after the first. Believing it to be a scam, he contacted the official Network Solutions account on Twitter. They said it was real. The email even said he couldn't opt out except by making a phone call."
I googled network solutions "weblock" and got their service agreement which refers to a service by that name.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
Adam Smith himself wrote about the need to put legal limits on unethical business practices.
Get a prepaid debit card, such as a GreenDot or similar.
Only put money on the card when you need to pay a bill, never link it to a bank account/credit card.
Since the card isn't linked to a bank account, there is no automatic charge mechanism that will work.
Not a sentence!