Ben Ford Aug 6, 2025

This is why I've been aggressively #unsubscribing and not contributing a penny to #DNC campaigns that come via panic-text.

"The financial waste, staggering as it is, pales beside the deeper damage. Every fabricated deadline, every manipulative text, every email screaming that democracy will end without your $15—each one burns through something more valuable than money: trust. The party that claims to defend democracy is systematically deceiving the very people who believe in it most."

#mothership #scam #fundraising

https://data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mothership-vortex-an-investigation

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine

How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

On Data and Democracy
Show threadKen Fallon (PA7KEN, G5KEN)Dec 19, 2023

@hpr

New Episode: hpr4012 :: RE: show comments.

Hosted by Some Guy On The Internet on 2023-12-19 is flagged as Explicit and released under a CC-BY-SA license.

Tags: #replyshow, #sextortion, #unsubscribing

https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr4012/index.html

Hacker Public Radio ~ The Technology Community Podcast

Hacker Public Radio is a podcast that releases shows every weekday Monday through Friday. Our shows are produced by the community (you) and can be on any topic that is of interest to hackers and hobbyists.

Old Hacker Public RadioDec 19, 2023

New Episode: hpr4012 :: RE: show comments.

Hosted by Some Guy On The Internet on 2023-12-19 is flagged as Explicit and released under a CC-BY-SA license.

Tags: #replyshow, #sextortion, #unsubscribing

https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr4012/index.html

Hacker Public Radio ~ The Technology Community Podcast

Hacker Public Radio is a podcast that releases shows every weekday Monday through Friday. Our shows are produced by the community (you) and can be on any topic that is of interest to hackers and hobbyists.

Show threadKevin Karhan Sep 1, 2023

@hackbyte @briankrebs @BNetzA

Amd no, "#unsubscribing" only confirms it as real amd one.gets spammed form 5+ others in retaliation vecause there is no #Provacy or #DataProtection law in the #USA. (#COPPA doesn't count because it's a legal figleaf noone complies with!)
https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/spammers.domains.block.list.tsv

lists.d/spammers.domains.block.list.tsv at main · greyhat-academy/lists.d

List of useful things. Contribute to greyhat-academy/lists.d development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
Dennis Alexis Valin DittrichApr 26, 2023
Insights from #unsubscribing from 22 digital newspapers https://www.lenfestinstitute.org/solution-set/i-canceled-22-digital-newspaper-subscriptions-heres-what-i-learned-about-digital-retention-strategies/
"…across news organizations many “new” subscribers are actually people who subscribed in the past. Making the process extra difficult can make people less likely to return… all account management should be easy, accessible, and secure."
#DarkPatterns #subscription
What I learned unsubscribing from 22 newspapers - Lenfest Institute

Online subscriptions — especially newspaper subscriptions — have a reputation for being difficult to cancel, but new guidance from the FTC may change that.

Lenfest Institute for Journalism
Show threadKevin Karhan Feb 16, 2023
@wendynather Personally, I found out that #Unsubscribing only increased the amount of #Spam and at this point I'm thinking about pressing charges since #Spamming is a felony in #Germany...
Sparkpaws™ 5000®Oct 27, 2020
#Podcasts finally taught me the value in #unsubscribing from inactive accounts. If you do not, they will re-activate six months later to #spam you about a new show on their network.