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  • insults aren’t illegal, and spam mail isn’t generally illegal either. as far as I know, there’s no law against sending an occasional email even if it is spam. the general exceptions are for commercial/businesses types and that’s generally only really illegal when it breaks the email carriers.

    besides which, the OP is talking about opening a ticket on Reddit’s customer service system, not actually sending an email. Spez won’t even see it.



  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldtoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldI don't appreciate that.
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    Malware is any unwanted thing on your computer that either you or your system has to deal with, whether in the form of software, emails, or pop-ups.

    Malware is Malicious Software it’s a very specific thing, Cisco defines it as :

    Malware, short for malicious software, refers to any intrusive software developed by cybercriminals (often called hackers) to steal data and damage or destroy computers and computer systems. Examples of common malware include viruses, worms, Trojan viruses, spyware, adware, and ransomware. Recent malware attacks have exfiltrated data in mass amounts.

    Cisco defines spam as:

    Spam email is unsolicited and unwanted junk email sent out in bulk to an indiscriminate recipient list. Typically, spam is sent for commercial purposes. It can be sent in massive volume by botnets, networks of infected computers.

    Sally from Accounting hitting reply all? spam. Kyle sending out embarrassing photos of Steve to everyone? Spam. your fifth cousin’s baby photos? well, I assume that’s spam. maybe you like baby photos.

    those chain letters? spam. but not malware. They might contain malware, but the email itself is not malware. For example, a malicious image, won’t load- it has to go fetch the image first. Until you load the remote content, it’s not malware. It’s just a way of pointing you at the malware.

    That said, it’s important to note that Raw Story is a legitimate company that wants your business. They’re not going to intentionally send you malware. mostly they’re going to be using the remote content to load pretty images and set up some basic telemetry (essentially read receipts. Maybe a cookie if you’re using a web client for your email, or perhaps clicked a link.) This is true of most legitimate companies. They want your business, so they’re not going to so brazenly piss you off with ransomware or a trojan.

    As long as you’re not loading remote content and clicking links, there’s basically nothing that email can do to you. you can train your email client to recognize it as spam and send it straight to the bin; reducing potential accidental openings.







  • Main point is: why not let a large number of people who heard about a condition from their own qualified doctors help you at least scribble down some questions to ask your own medical folks at your next appointment? (But please avoid those crystal suppositories.)

    Because:

    1. You have no way of verifying their anecdotes ever happened, that they were prescribed and on the medication
    2. no way of knowing other circumstances that affect medications, like drug interactions, or other unfortunate habits they might have had
    3. they have no knowledge of your underlying medical situation
    4. your doctor has 2 and 3, and should have access to studies in lieu of 1.
    5. Internet Randos are inherently untrustworthy.
    6. your doctor doesn’t get paid if you die.






  • If you’re in a vaguely sensitive industry, there’s going to be a few people seeing what they can get into at those conferences.

    This is especially true of things like cyber security conferences, or tech. They’ll be crawling with corporate spies.

    Actually, I’d say any major trade or industry conference is going to have corporate spies and more… eh, freelance trying to see what they can get into.

    So the question becomes: have you/your company run a background check on that guy? No? Then why the hell do you trust him?