Clueless UK Politicians Tell Users To Respond To Spam

from the say-what? dept

Over in the UK, they're so proud of their own spam law (which is almost as bad as the US spam law), that they're saying now it's ok to respond to spam, opting-out, as long as the spam is from the UK. For obvious reasons, this is dreadful advice, and what that spammers are sure to exploit.

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