Edward- Tracker issues aside, as I called out earlier in the thread, by our own rules the newsletters should not be sent to this list in the first place.
Citing NANOG Mailing List Usage Guidelines ( https://www.nanog.org/resources/usage-guidelines/ ) : Posts to NANOG’s Mailing List should be focused on operational and > technical content only, as described by the NANOG Bylaws. > Using the NANOG Mailing List as a source for private marketing > initiatives, or product marketing of any kind, is prohibited. On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 11:28 PM Edward McNair <emcn...@nanog.org> wrote: > Randy, > > We do not buy, sell or share any data or personal information on anyone. > MailChimp is only used to get data points on the effectiveness of our > newsletter. We also try to get data on the effectiveness of our social > media efforts. We do not look at individual behavior, only group anonymous > data. If you wish to by-pass the "trackers," just go to > https://nanog.org/stories/ Anything that we send out in our newsletter or > social media and be found there. > > > *Edward McNair* > Executive Director > > emcn...@nanog.org > > On Sep 8, 2023, at 17:25, Randy Bush <ra...@psg.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/ > > > 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 > > >
