A friend once commented, "If it's free, -=YOU=- are the product." It should be updated to, "If it's free, -=YOU & EVERYONE YOU INTERACT WITH=- are the product."
/herb On Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 10:25 AM John Gilmore <g...@toad.com> wrote: > 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://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://mailchimp.com/help/about-open-tracking/ > > John >
