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xivulon writes:
Linux.org is not the official Linux website, but millions of people believe it is. Is it a nice, modern, exciting page fostering Linux adoption? Hardly so. Even worse, far too many energies seem to be dedicated to raising money in a way that may even hurt the Linux image... I guess you have to turn adblock off for this one.
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Anonymous University Student writes:
Hello Slashdot. I go to a large Canadian university where all students are given an e-mail account when they enroll. I've recently been receiving a lot of targeted spam (for study programs, student surveys, et cetera,) sent to my University e-mail account. The problem is that nobody has ever been given this address — the only people who should know are Professors who are given access to a class list. When I first got the account, I set it to forward to my GMail account, simply because I wasn't interested in using multiple e-mail addresses. When I e-mailed my school's network services to explain the problem and see if it was a known issue, I was actually told that all e-mail addresses are on a public list that anyone can view. This, in my opinion, is an enormous breach of privacy, and I've been basically told that there's nothing I can do to stop this. So, Slashdot, I ask you — is this common practice for most universities, or is my school just not concerned about the privacy of its students? Many people would not care, however I get enough spam in my inbox that any more is just ridiculous.