I just got a piece of spam mail, to my Uber email address. I don’t recall saying I was ok with that.
The email is sketchy as fuck. A company name of “Opinion Research”? None of the proper CAN-SPAM hallmarks like indicating what email address this was sent to, or why it was sent. Only because I use unique addresses for every account, do I know this came from my Uber signup.
The survey is run by Qualtrics, which doesn’t mean much, since they’re just a survey platform, like SurveyMonkey. This company has their own subdomain, opinionresearch.co1.qualtrics.com, so they’re at least somewhat legit (as legit as it looks so far).
As you see in the email screenshot, I did click to unsubscribe, which I thought would bring me to a page asking if I was sure. It didn’t, it just took me off that list. and it gave me another link to unsubscribe from all lists. ALL lists? How many have I been put on?
It’s really not a big deal. If I see that my Uber address suddenly gets spammed, I’ll shut it off and create a new one. But really, the point is, Uber has sold me out. Those mother fuckers.
Then, I clicked on the privacy policy. In bold type, in very simple to understand language:
No fucking thank you. Recall what the original email said, “…will not be used to sell you anything.” However, they will tailor the ads you see to the information you have given to them, then will ask you why they were or were not effective, so they can try harder next time. What is this world coming to?
As a recent implementer of Pi-Hole (maybe a future post on that), this wouldn’t have worked at all for me anyway because my entire network is actively ad-blocked. Suck my dick, Opinion Research!
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