Verno wrote on May 28, 2012, 12:17:
I long ago accepted that anything I gave to a company would be sold to marketing firms. Now I simply provide them with misinformation whenever possible and use trackable numbers/addresses so that I can determine who I can satisfy my curiosity of who is selling what. Google Voice and Gmail are handy for this.
Unfortunately Blizzard accounts have been getting hacked left, right and centre and when you sign up for the authenticator it recommends using the SMS security to avoid getting locked out of your account. I signed up and started getting spam. So I do nothing and I risk my account being hacked; I sign up for protection and get subjected to spam. Thanks Blizzard.
It's pathetic that the whole of western society is geared up for screwing people over in the name of money. Is it really so difficult to provide a service that doesn't screw people over in the process?
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."