[funsec] Another way to deal with Spam Snail Mail

[Richard M. Smith]

I don't see any legal problems at all.  After all, this use of database
technology is exactly the same technology that the junk mailers are using to
target consumers.  

I also wouldn't be too surprised to find out the zabasearch.com is buying
much of their data from credit card marketing databases.  How else is Zaba
getting people's birth months and years?

I do expect many CEO's will find this unsubscribe method a bit disturbing.
But of course they are in the business of creating and supporting the
databases that makes this unsubscribe method possible.  It also will be a
bit difficult for them to complain about the bounced mail coming to their
homes after all the mail they've sent to our homes.

Richard

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From: xyberpix [mailto:xyberpix at xyberpix.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 5:57 PM
To: Richard M. Smith
Cc: funsec at linuxbox.org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Another way to deal with Spam Snail Mail

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That's really not such a bad idea at all, but what are the legal
implications on this one?

xyberpix

On 13 Oct 2005, at 22:32, Richard M. Smith wrote:

> Here's another approach for dealing with junk mail.  I just received a 
> credit card offer in the mail from Capital One.  I could return the 
> junk mail piece to this guy and ask him to remove my name for Capital 
> One's
> database:
>
>    RICHARD D FAIRBANK
>    442 MAGOTHY RD
>    GIBSON ISLAND, MD   (410) 360-6090
>
> Mr. Fairbank is the CEO of Capital One.  Zabasearch.com and Google 
> both give the same home address in Gibson Island.
>
> Perhaps someone could set up a Web site which provides the verified 
> home addresses of the CEO's and other executives of the top 100 junk 
> mailers so that we can all ask directly to be removed from their 
> databases.
>
> Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces at linuxbox.org [mailto:funsec- 
> bounces at linuxbox.org] On Behalf Of Hank Nussbacher
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:15 PM
> To: funsec at linuxbox.org
> Subject: [funsec] Spam Snail Mail....revenge
>
> http://www.vertical-visions.com/_temp/postagepaid/index2.html
>
> -Hank Nussbacher
>
>
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