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[ NNSquad ] New York Times admits accidentally emailing almost 9 million people 

New York Times admits accidentally emailing almost 9 million people

http://j.mp/t6li6t  (New York Times)

   "The New York Times said it accidentally sent e-mails on Wednesday
    to more than eight million people who had shared their information
    with the company, erroneously informing them they had canceled
    home delivery of the newspaper.  The Times Company, which
    initially mischaracterized the mishap as spam, apologized for
    sending the e-mails. The 8.6 million readers who received the
    e-mails represent a wide cross-section of readers who had given
    their e-mails to the newspaper in the past, said a Times Company
    spokeswoman, Eileen Murphy."

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Coding suggestion to the New York Times:

   if (recipients > 100000)
      verify_before_mailing();
   ...


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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org 
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com 
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com 
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein 
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com

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