Timeline for Ethical implications of using scraped e-mail addresses for survey
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| Aug 2, 2022 at 2:33 | comment | added | DKNguyen | It's worse in more than one way from a spam perspective. Not only are you sending out spam, you're funding the operations of the people selling e-mail addresses for spam. | |
| Aug 1, 2022 at 23:11 | comment | added | Scott Seidman | @DKNguyen, at least from the point of view of not violating a ToS, yes, much better. For getting a targeted list with minimum hassle, also yes. From the spam perspective, not so much. | |
| Aug 1, 2022 at 23:07 | comment | added | DKNguyen | Are e-mail lists any better? What kind of e-mail list exists for sale where people are voluntarily on it? | |
| Aug 1, 2022 at 11:49 | history | answered | Scott Seidman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |