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zonkers

(5,865 posts) Mon Mar 30, 2015, 03:19 PM Mar 2015

I just slammed a friend for sharing his entire email contact list with a third

party website whose "mission" is to help update one's contacts. Even worse, after it was done, he compounded the problem by apologizing to everyone -- by CCing all of us --- so now we all know everyone's email. He asks me why I am so uptight. I mean, are people still this naive?

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I just slammed a friend for sharing his entire email contact list with a third (Original Post) zonkers Mar 2015 OP

Sadly, yes. Yes they are. arcane1 Mar 2015 #1

Yes, some are still this naive. lovemydog Mar 2015 #2

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

1. Sadly, yes. Yes they are.

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Mon Mar 30, 2015, 04:17 PM

Mar 2015

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)

2. Yes, some are still this naive.

Reply to zonkers (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 04:22 PM

Mar 2015

Did you explain to him why you don't want your private email address given to others without your consent?

That it can be passed to spammers, hackers etc?

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