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A friend recommended unroll.me once. I carefully read their ToS and it was clear that they get full read access to your whole Gmail-Inbox.

Now we know what they are doing it and how. I hope they get shutdown within the aftermath of this story.



Why on earth would a service get shut down for allowing consenting adults to opt into an agreement that allows anonymized data to be shared in a compliant way?


They wouldn't 'get shut down' for it, but if the service was transparent about what they were doing people would likely unsubscribe/cease to sign up. It really depends if anyone is prepared to take them to task on it.

> 'consenting adults'

Are you consenting if you don't know what you're consenting to.

> anonymized data

Widely understood that anonymized data is bullshit, which is why the term "de-anonymized" exists. It's especially bullshit when there are no 'standards' as to what constitutes it.

> shared in a compliant way

What does that even mean.


Deciding not to read the terms of service isn't the same as being in a situation without transparency.

The beef industry would also collapse if all the meat-eaters who thought killing animals wasn't ideal in principle had to watch the cow get killed before every meal.




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