Guess This Is How They Pay The iPod Bill
from the do-I-still-get-my-DVD-player? dept
We've chronicled the rise of all these companies giving people free iPods or other items in exchange for signing up for various services, and noted that even if they're not outright scams, they're pretty shady. The end result of most of them is an onslaught of spam and marketing offers, which isn't surprising. But New York's attorney general has sued one of the free-iPod companies for "the largest deliberate breach of privacy in Internet history" (he's never one for understatement, that Eliot Spitzer), alleging it sold people's email addresses despite having a privacy policy that said it wouldn't. Wow, so the people behind a too-good-to-be-true offer weren't too good. Is that very surprising?Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Irony
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Re: Irony
I guess that's how TechDirt 'pays the bills'
:)
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Re: Irony
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nothing new
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Hurts, don't it?
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no
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if you are willing to give up some time and clicks, and if you're brave enough to risk giving up your address and your phone number as well....
me...i make decent enough money so i don't need free iPod...it's more fun to save up and buy stuff on your own....
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just create a new email address for the offers
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The colest thing I've ever seen
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People give out their real information?
Granted you're pretty much stuck giving them a real address, since they need the billing address of your credit card. But I've never had a problem receiving real mail, I've helped 3 people get free ipods, and no one I've ever talked to has had a problem.
Moral of the story: If you have half a brain it's pretty easy to scam a free ipod out of these guys without giving up personal information.
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Re: People give out their real information?
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Re: Re: People give out their real information?
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re: people give out their real information?
Um, and your credit card info and billing address *aren't* "personal information?"
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I'm here from earlier
And like I said, none of us have ever received real mail from these companies.
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It took me a year!!
So i cal Bull S&%t!!
Joe
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FreeIpods.com & RetailReportCard
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hi
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Poker Freerolls
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bla
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More detailed article on this
http://fightidentitytheft.com/blog/?p=46
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I don`t care
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FYI
http://www.thisipodnanoisfree.com/?r=5881
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Check it out at http://freeipodguide.i8.com
Dave’s Free iPod Guide
Comprehensive Guide/Proof to getting your FREE iPod! Includes a Conga Line.
The site includes a brand new conga line!
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http://www.flashipods4free.com/index.php?ref=24995
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This Stuff WORKS!
http://free-wii-nintendo.blogspot.com/
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Good Site
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best point site
http://www.giftmonkey.com/?r=5878
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best point site
http://www.giftmonkey.com/?r=5878
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heres a site that offers free ipods
http://www.ezyrewards.com/?id=144982
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http://ipods.freepay.com/?r=37014822
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