Search the DNC email database

chatmasta wrote: post #4

kiernanmcgowan wrote: post #3

No one escapes linkedin spam: https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/?q=i%27d+like+to+add+you+to...

I wonder how many hard drives could be filled with all the linkedin emails ever sent.

About 3 years ago I heard firsthand they were sending over a billion a month. I'm sure the numbers have only gone up...so probably quite a lot of raw data.

That said, the actual overall entropy [0] is likely low (based on what I've observed in my inbox over the years; mostly just HTML templates with names and links).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(information_theory)

Re: Search the DNC email database

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Post by empath75 » Fri, Jul 22, 2016, 4:35 PM UTC

chatmasta wrote: post #4

kiernanmcgowan wrote: post #3

No one escapes linkedin spam: https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/?q=i%27d+like+to+add+you+to...

I wonder how many hard drives could be filled with all the linkedin emails ever sent.

I was a rave promoter in the early 2000s and was using my personal email address to send out promotions for a while. I had several thousands of emails that I had collected over the years, including a few email lists that forwarded all over the country. Several years ago, I signed up for linked in, dutifully unchecked the 20 emails or so on the first page of emails and then clicked, next, after which it emailed the entire rest of my gmail contact list. I ended up in the top 5% of viewed profiles on all of linked in for the month. I felt terrible about it.

Re: Search the DNC email database

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Post by diyseguy » Fri, Jul 22, 2016, 4:46 PM UTC

I guess Assange would like to see Trump win - quickest way to bring about the downfall of the US

Re: Search the DNC email database

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Post by kbenson » Fri, Jul 22, 2016, 4:52 PM UTC

jaytaylor wrote: post #5

chatmasta wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how many hard drives could be filled with all the linkedin emails ever sent.

About 3 years ago I heard firsthand they were sending over a billion a month. I'm sure the numbers have only gone up...so probably quite a lot of raw data. That said, the actual overall entropy [0] is likely low (based on what I've observed in my inbox over the years; mostly just HTML templates with names and links). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(information_theory)

I wish someone would try their luck with the spam laws on the books against linkedin. The likelihood of a win would be very low, but the benefit if they did win would be enormous to everyone.

Re: Search the DNC email database

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Post by mtgx » Fri, Jul 22, 2016, 4:56 PM UTC

diyseguy wrote: post #7

I guess Assange would like to see Trump win - quickest way to bring about the downfall of the US

So corruption shouldn't be exposed because someone else may gain political advantage from it?

Clinton defenders's arguments are getting stranger by the day.

Re: Search the DNC email database

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Post by jszymborski » Fri, Jul 22, 2016, 4:56 PM UTC

kbenson wrote: post #8

jaytaylor wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

About 3 years ago I heard firsthand they were sending over a billion a month. I'm sure the numbers have only gone up...so probably quite a lot of raw data. That said, the actual overall entropy [0] is likely low (based on what I've observed in my inbox over the years; mostly just HTML templates with names and links). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(information_theory)

I wish someone would try their luck with the spam laws on the books against linkedin. The likelihood of a win would be very low, but the benefit if they did win would be enormous to everyone.

That's happened:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/20/linkedin-sued-hacki...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/linkedin-class-action-email-...