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Re:Instagram no longer allows people without an account to v... by asdkjh345fd on Thursday April 23, 2020 @03:37PM (#22960203)
People don't seem to understand just how common this problem is with any sort of initial.lastname@gmail address. It is insane to me that so many major big name companies do ZERO email verification on signups and just start spamming me with with garbage every time some idiot uses my email address and expect me to "unsubscribe" to something I never subscribed to in the first place.
Re:Instagram no longer allows people without an account to v... by Swenrekcah on Thursday April 23, 2020 @05:40PM (#22961834)
I've had this happen to me, getting emails about credit score applications and u-haul rentals and whatnot. I can't even contact many of these companies to fix it except creating an account which I'm obviously not going to do.