What network does Nanog-news operate? Marketing email doesn’t belong on an operational list. Even if its NANOG marketing itself. (Ack Kentik non involvement).
Warm regards, -M< On Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 20:52 Ryan Hamel <r...@rkhtech.org> wrote: > Randy, > > You're right, the problem is not technical. It's a choice to click the > links or not. NANOG does not have to sanitize links for you. Those emails > do not have to be read, and no one is stopping you from filtering them out. > For you to say, "my privacy has been sold", is simply not true. > > Ryan > > ------------------------------ > *From:* NANOG <nanog-bounces+ryan=rkhtech....@nanog.org> on behalf of > Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com> > *Sent:* Friday, September 8, 2023 5:25 PM > *To:* John Gilmore <g...@toad.com> > *Cc:* nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org> > *Subject:* Re: Guest Column: Kentik's Doug Madory, Last Call for Upcoming > ISOC Course + More > > Caution: This is an external email and may be malicious. Please take care > when clicking links or opening attachments. > > > > It is totally possible to turn off the spyware in MailChimp. You just > > need to buy an actual commercial account rather than using their > > "free" service. To save $13 or $20 per month, you are instead selling > > the privacy of every recipient of your emails. See: > > > > > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmailchimp.com%2Fhelp%2Fenable-and-view-click-tracking%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cryan%40rkhtech.org%7C4ac3a26bb5c4481c087908dbb0cbc6d7%7C81c24bb4f9ec4739ba4d25c42594d996%7C0%7C0%7C638298161499653329%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Pw6uDgHDzT%2BavOz1jYAbG4VzTyP0en0oiuBq0PmTtVI%3D&reserved=0 > <https://mailchimp.com/help/enable-and-view-click-tracking/> > > > > "Check the Track clicks box to enable click tracking, or uncheck the > > box to disable click tracking. ... Mailchimp will continue to > > redirect URLs for users with free account plans to protect against > > malicious links. ... When a paid user turns off click tracking, > > Mailchimp will continue to redirect their URLs until certain account > > activity thresholds are met." > > > > Don't forget to turn off the spyware 1x1 pixel "web bugs" that > > MailChimp inserts by default, too: > > > > > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmailchimp.com%2Fhelp%2Fabout-open-tracking%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cryan%40rkhtech.org%7C4ac3a26bb5c4481c087908dbb0cbc6d7%7C81c24bb4f9ec4739ba4d25c42594d996%7C0%7C0%7C638298161499653329%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=iqkTsuhDFD3poxVltrN4x%2FWY6eXpbIivWxf4VAWcXKA%3D&reserved=0 > <https://mailchimp.com/help/about-open-tracking/> > > > as usual, the problem is not technical. there is no need for mailchump > at all. > > nanog management has made a very intentional decision to sell my > privacy. nanog has come a long way, not all of it good. > > randy >
