Of course the Government doesnt monitor your online activity

FIREWALL · 08-15-09, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Might be your ISP selling your information, not just the "end" site

I went to the Alcoa website to look around.

They sent me a TinFoil Hat.

GoldenRivet · 08-15-09, 05:33 PM

well it was a first for me.

I have never once received any "snail mail" related to my browsing activities before.

if thats the case i should receive boat loads of airplane, airline, flight school, and subsim related stuff.

not to mention a freight truck full of dirty magazines

SteamWake · 08-16-09, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I went to the Alcoa website to look around.

They sent me a TinFoil Hat.

Awsome ! Link please !

Wasent there a big uproar just the other day about alot of pepole recieving unsolicited main from .gov. The feds were 'looking into' how the mailing list was produced.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/..._email_on.html

nikimcbee · 08-16-09, 09:04 AM

Just use a bogus name when you order stuff, or sign up for stuff. That's how I track who's selling my name. My biggest sorce of junk mail comes from the Military bookclub. Rocky McBee gets some pretty cool junkmail though.

GoldenRivet · 08-16-09, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Just use a bogus name when you order stuff, or sign up for stuff. That's how I track who's selling my name. My biggest sorce of junk mail comes from the Military bookclub. Rocky McBee gets some pretty cool junkmail though.

well the thread originally refers to the United States postal service delivering to my flesh and blood address... but the same applies to email too.

the best thing to do is to create a phantom e mail.

when you sign up for internet service... create a primary e mail address and a "phantom" address.

e mail all your relatives, friends, associates etc with the primary address.

use the "phantom" address only for internet orders etc.

i also recommend Gmail.

i have used a primary address through g mail since it first came out... since then i have only received perhaps half a dozen spam messages in that time frame.

Platapus · 08-16-09, 11:52 AM

I know many people who have a "spam" e-mail address.

I also invent unique middle initials in my name to track who is selling my information.

08-15-09, 05:33 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	well it was a first for me. I have never once received any "snail mail" related to my browsing activities before. if thats the case i should receive boat loads of airplane, airline, flight school, and subsim related stuff. not to mention a freight truck full of dirty magazines __________________

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Just use a bogus name when you order stuff, or sign up for stuff. That's how I track who's selling my name. My biggest sorce of junk mail comes from the Military bookclub. Rocky McBee gets some pretty cool junkmail though. __________________

08-16-09, 11:52 AM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,386 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I know many people who have a "spam" e-mail address. I also invent unique middle initials in my name to track who is selling my information. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.