I got 2 of these emails. One CCPA and one GDPR, but the exact same boilerplate. So I knew it was sketchy. But I still wasted an hour of my time deciding whether to reply. Several of my colleagues in other small comapnies also received these emails. Multiply that by the thousands of emails they must have sent and that is a lot of time wasted. I believe some people even paid laywers to respond. So potentially a lot of money wasted as well.
The senders either they didn't realize the sort of time and waste of money this would cause, in which case they are idiots, or they did, in which case they are arseholes.
How did this get past the Princeton ethics board?
What if every researcher started spamming thousands of businesses without their consent?
The senders either they didn't realize the sort of time and waste of money this would cause, in which case they are idiots, or they did, in which case they are arseholes.
How did this get past the Princeton ethics board?
What if every researcher started spamming thousands of businesses without their consent?