Sick and Sicker
I've been sick this past week, but that hasn't stopped me from testing applications for Lockergnome. In between trips to the toilet, I stumbled upon Huminity. I'd point you directly to its site, but I don't want you to install it. In fact, I want you to tell everybody on the PLANET not to install it. Why? Because it just raped my address book. I guess I didn't take their privacy policy literally: 'Contacts are notified by a one-time e-mail notification about their inclusion in the Huminity network.' WTF?! Assume that when you install the program, the people in your contacts list will be notified with no further warning. Sick! Well, if you got a message from me telling you to join this network, let me use this space to WARN YOU to avoid this site / software at all cost.
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14 Comments
Anonymous
March 19th, 2003
at 6:32pm
So for a short time you were Humanity's bee-atch
Anonymous
March 19th, 2003
at 7:00pm
nice job spamming your friends pirillo…duh.
Anonymous
March 19th, 2003
at 7:06pm
Well, I got the email from you, tried to install it, but thankfully it told me I didn't have an internet connection. Next time I get an email form you I'm checking here first. ;o)
Anonymous
March 19th, 2003
at 7:32pm
I don't install anything without reading every character on the screen anymore. Every ~, ^, @…which usually leads to a lot of #@$@#$#%@@# from me when I see how much they want to intrude on my system.
Anonymous
March 19th, 2003
at 7:59pm
I've gotten a few of those now. My mail program labels them as spam now so I missed yours. Good on yer mate.
Anonymous
March 19th, 2003
at 8:54pm
did a search on google about huminity. the second on the list is a warning on Huminity! heres the link…http://www.quicktopic.com/19/H/AmSFWuifdQxHT
Anonymous
March 19th, 2003
at 9:58pm
I feel better now, knowing you're not immune… ;-)
Anonymous
March 20th, 2003
at 12:44am
That's evil.
Anonymous
March 20th, 2003
at 2:11am
Yeah, I got your viral spam too, Chris. :(
One day, you're gonna learn to ditch Outlook, dude, it's the real root of all (spam) evil.
Mark, a Eudora user since 1996.
Anonymous
March 20th, 2003
at 7:08am
Let's all think up a way to get even.
Anonymous
March 20th, 2003
at 8:16am
An example of gonzo marketing http://gonzomarkets.com/ , eh?
Anonymous
March 20th, 2003
at 10:03am
No problem Chris. I was skeptical at first anyway. I looked at the site, but didn't take the time to download anything until I could look into it further. The big clue to me, was the fact that it refered to me as “Dear ” instead of Dear Sue.
Get well soon Chris!
Anonymous
March 20th, 2003
at 4:23pm
What address book? (I mean, are you using Outlook or what?)
Anonymous
March 20th, 2003
at 10:04pm
Something made me suspicious when I got the e-mail. I was going to e-mail you first though and find out if they were spamming us in your name before I did anything. You've taught us well… *wink*