Comments on: Contact details for sale http://danwarne.com/contact-details-for-sale/ The personal blog of Dan Warne, Australian tech journalist Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:45:40 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: danwarne http://danwarne.com/contact-details-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-279 danwarne Sun, 02 Apr 2006 09:35:26 +0000 http://danwarne.com/?p=53#comment-279 Thanks for the pickup James. I've corrected the article. Thanks for the pickup James. I've corrected the article.

]]> By: james erb http://danwarne.com/contact-details-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-278 james erb Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:44:50 +0000 http://danwarne.com/?p=53#comment-278 "It’s not just your email address that’s being sold to spammers, it seems. Your mobile phone number, home address … it’s all for sale..." You essentially set up a lie by implying that "it's all for sale" at Jigsaw. It can't be. Jigsaw doesn't collect home addreses and mobile numbers. There are ethical questions with all data. I appreciate that sentiment, but lies don't usually win arguments. "It’s not just your email address that’s being sold to spammers, it seems. Your mobile phone number, home address … it’s all for sale…"

You essentially set up a lie by implying that "it's all for sale" at Jigsaw.

It can't be.

Jigsaw doesn't collect home addreses and mobile numbers. There are ethical questions with all data. I appreciate that sentiment, but lies don't usually win arguments.

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