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Re: Vendors spamming NANOG attendees


From: Jay Hennigan <jay () west net>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 22:38:58 -0700

On 6/13/17 1:56 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:
I think it would too subject to wild variance in what someone views as bad.

Actual SPAM (viagra, Nigerian prices, etc.), of course.
Industry-related SPAM, probably.
Targeted marketing (looking for someone at Facebook, seeing someone from Facebook and tracking them down... or seeing 
someone at someone in a specific area or...) ehh, probably not
"Targeted marketing" is spam. The NANOG attendee list is a target. Downtown Fallujah was a target.

As a rule, being targeted is shortly followed by being fired upon.

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