HailSeitan@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 29 days agoInternet Archive Was Exposing User Email Addresses for Years Before Recent Breachtheintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down13
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minus-squarefritolay@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·29 days agoFunny because of the “not a paywall” on the article which the intent is to force the user into providing their email address to read the entire article.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·29 days agoIdk, being that “that’s so they can sell your email,” I’m inclined to argue that it is a paywall, the currency is just “email” not “USD.”
minus-squarelogging_strict@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-229 days agoThe entire point of a web browser is to allow scum to: endlessly throw loginwalls and paywalls at us load dodgy third party sites libraries insisting on kyc as an act to show and display continuous acts of compliance So not surprising the linked site has either a login or paywall. Forcing a phone number is kyc. kyc is obnoxious.
Funny because of the “not a paywall” on the article which the intent is to force the user into providing their email address to read the entire article.
Idk, being that “that’s so they can sell your email,” I’m inclined to argue that it is a paywall, the currency is just “email” not “USD.”
The entire point of a web browser is to allow scum to:
endlessly throw loginwalls and paywalls at us
load dodgy third party sites libraries
insisting on kyc as an act to show and display continuous acts of compliance
So not surprising the linked site has either a login or paywall.
Forcing a phone number is kyc. kyc is obnoxious.