I also don’t appreciate that apparently my opinion doesn’t matter, since “I’m not a resident of the EU” is a required field.
Which it of course is because they want to get past common sense EU regulations restricting their ability to infest people’s devices with malware.
I’m not sure raw story is going to be sending malware.
Spam? In 37 different flavors,
Spam IS a form of malware. Besides, if you think they aren’t going to also send a ton of tracking cookies to spy on you and sell your data, you’re being extremely naive…
spam is just unwanted emails, it’s not software, in of its self.
Also, the tracking beacons only load if you let it. I assume you have your email client set to not load remote content. (If you don’t, you really should.) not sure what you use for email, but thunderbird (mozilla) does it automatically.
Malware is any unwanted thing on your computer that either you or your system has to deal with, whether in the form of software, emails, or pop-ups.
Besides, they won’t just give you spam in the form of emails. They’ll also give you advertising cookies.
Also, the tracking beacons only load if you let it. I assume you have your email client set to not load remote content. (If you don’t, you really should.) not sure what you use for email, but thunderbird (mozilla) does it automatically.
That’s besides the point. I use Proton Mail and a lot of Firefox privacy and adblock extensions to guard against this sort of thing, but I shouldn’t have to.
Not everyone is as savvy and aware and at least once a week, I have to use the computer of my mom who is the type who just says yes to everything and trusts that they’d never do anything too bad even though she’s giving them carte blanche to do so.
And yes, I’ve suggested that my mom switches away from gmail and Edge to Firefox and Proton or another better free email provider and offered to handle it and installing the extensions for her, but she won’t hear of it.
Why is it important that you vote in that poll that is clearly just designed to get you to sign up for the newsletter? Just don’t do it, nothing good could come of it.
I hate to tell you, but answering that poll was absolutely not worth the consent to spam you.
That “I’m not a resident of the EU” forced tick-box is a huge red-flag, and should already have you clicking away from that page.
I love to tell you, but I am aware of all that, which is why I’m happy to report that I followed your advice before getting it.
I’m efficient like that 😁
The amount of victim blaming in these comments is pretty weird. “Well duh nobody should answer that poll, everybody knows it’s just a scam to get you signed up for spam”.
Way to miss the point, folks.
But it’s free! You love free stuff! Have some free emails!
