Ask HN: Where to warn people of a legal-but-evil online business ploy?
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But it's not just online that I find these ploys. In fact, thanks to donating to the wrong non-profit, it's frightfully simple to end up with a stack of snail mail in the mailbox daily, often with free gifts to entice donations. I can't seem to find a simple, free way to turn it off.
Never use your real name and address.
But of course, it's too late after making a donation and thus self identifying as a willing and able rube.
No good deed goes unpunished.
[1] https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Consumer_Rights_Wiki:Write_you...!
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