Randy, You're right, the problem is not technical. It's a choice to click the links or not. NANOG does not have to sanitize links for you. Those emails do not have to be read, and no one is stopping you from filtering them out. For you to say, "my privacy has been sold", is simply not true.
Ryan ________________________________ From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+ryan=rkhtech....@nanog.org> on behalf of Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com> Sent: Friday, September 8, 2023 5:25 PM To: John Gilmore <g...@toad.com> Cc: nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Guest Column: Kentik's Doug Madory, Last Call for Upcoming ISOC Course + More Caution: This is an external email and may be malicious. Please take care when clicking links or opening attachments. > It is totally possible to turn off the spyware in MailChimp. You just > need to buy an actual commercial account rather than using their > "free" service. To save $13 or $20 per month, you are instead selling > the privacy of every recipient of your emails. See: > > > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmailchimp.com%2Fhelp%2Fenable-and-view-click-tracking%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cryan%40rkhtech.org%7C4ac3a26bb5c4481c087908dbb0cbc6d7%7C81c24bb4f9ec4739ba4d25c42594d996%7C0%7C0%7C638298161499653329%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Pw6uDgHDzT%2BavOz1jYAbG4VzTyP0en0oiuBq0PmTtVI%3D&reserved=0<https://mailchimp.com/help/enable-and-view-click-tracking/> > > "Check the Track clicks box to enable click tracking, or uncheck the > box to disable click tracking. ... Mailchimp will continue to > redirect URLs for users with free account plans to protect against > malicious links. ... When a paid user turns off click tracking, > Mailchimp will continue to redirect their URLs until certain account > activity thresholds are met." > > Don't forget to turn off the spyware 1x1 pixel "web bugs" that > MailChimp inserts by default, too: > > > https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmailchimp.com%2Fhelp%2Fabout-open-tracking%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cryan%40rkhtech.org%7C4ac3a26bb5c4481c087908dbb0cbc6d7%7C81c24bb4f9ec4739ba4d25c42594d996%7C0%7C0%7C638298161499653329%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=iqkTsuhDFD3poxVltrN4x%2FWY6eXpbIivWxf4VAWcXKA%3D&reserved=0<https://mailchimp.com/help/about-open-tracking/> as usual, the problem is not technical. there is no need for mailchump at all. nanog management has made a very intentional decision to sell my privacy. nanog has come a long way, not all of it good. randy
