On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 12:54 PM <niels=na...@bakker.net> wrote: > > * morrowc.li...@gmail.com (Christopher Morrow) [Tue 03 Oct 2023, 18:29 CEST]: > >this sort of thing (provider X scrapes Y and mails Z for sales leads) > >every ~18 months. > >the same outrage and conversation happens every time. > >the same protection mechanisms are noted every time. > > > >Is there a reason that: "killfileand move on" is not the answer > >everytime for this? > >(why do we need to keep rediscussing it) > > It's a vicious circle: provider scrapes operational addresses and > spams them, providers stop putting useful addresses in public > databases to avoid spam, everybody who needs to find operational > contacts in a variety of situations loses in the end.
i agree this is a sad outcome of the internet ecosystem. > We keep discussing it because we care about keeping the internet > running. It's similar to why we keep looking for new security holes in > existing software: we don't stop because inevitably we'll find more so > it's a lost cause, we keep looking because inevitably we'll find more > so the product becomes more secure. those are a bit of a false equivalence... but... ok. I think: "Oh look, more spam, delete" is basically how this sort of problem (email from randos trying to sell me ED pills or 10Gs) should be treated. I don't know that it's helpful to keep re-litigating that end state :( I'm sure telling dave shaeffer: "Hey, your sales droids are being rude" is going to end as well as sending him ED pill emails.
