[PSA] Joost sells email addresses

[Mary H.]

At 7:33 AM -0500 3/5/07, Steven Hatfield wrote:

>[...] I signed up for their beta with an email alias, which was 
>given out 1 time, just to them.  Today I received a spam email to 
>that address.
>Joost's <http://www.joost.com/privacy.html>privacy policy states 
>very specifically that they will not do this.  There is no doubt 
>that they broke their promise and sold my email address.

I don't think you can be certain that Joost sold your address. The 
spam could have been the result of Directory Harvest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_Harvest_Attack

  M