Ask HN: Would you use this service?

Posted by RiderOfGiraffes on Friday February 12, 2010 @09:47AM
from the ask-hn dept.

How many times have you received an email that started:

  > Following recent correspondence, ...

Sometimes it's true, but mostly it's a lie.

If someone started a database of reports of companies that lied in this fashion, would you be interested? After all, information that a company tells lies like this is a suggestion that they will lie about other things as well.

What safeguards would you want to see? How would you gather the data? How would you make it available? How would you charge for it?

I don't have time, possibly it's not worth anything, but I'd really like to see this sort of blatant lying exposed.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you use this service? by swgw on Friday February 12, 2010 @10:21AM (#1120740)

How about a tool that's broader than just emails: something that puts the BBB out of business.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you use this service? by FreeRadical on Friday February 12, 2010 @10:16AM (#1120723)

I think there are bigger worries than emails that start as above. For example, are passwords encrypted, are contact details being passed to marketing agencies etc

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Re:Ask HN: Would you use this service? by alilja on Friday February 12, 2010 @10:16AM (#1120724)

Only if it can be used to add a layer to spam filters that cut this sort of message.

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