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Re:What happens to your online accounts when you die? by camkego on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @09:28PM (#43032047)
> No one sends more fucking email than politicians.

Isn’t it nice how politicians excluded themselves from most of the rules regulating businesses regarding spam and email laws.

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Re:What happens to your online accounts when you die? by BrandoElFollito on Thursday February 13, 2025 @06:55AM (#43035010)
In the US, I guess. Here in France we never get emails from any candidates, this is against the law (not specifically for politicians, for everything)
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Re:What happens to your online accounts when you die? by rvnx on Thursday February 13, 2025 @09:26AM (#43036140)
In France it's totally fine to send spam emails during elections, maybe you just got lucky ?

There are even auto-calls https://www.ouest-france.fr/elections/presidentielle/preside...

"Hello this is Eric Zemmour"

> Soit vous avez indiqué votre numéro de téléphone sur un formulaire à destination du parti ou du candidat, soit il s’est procuré votre numéro en achetant ou en louant une base de données – contenant votre numéro – auprès d’une société privée.

So it can be basically any source.

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Re:What happens to your online accounts when you die? by throw0101d on Saturday February 15, 2025 @08:05AM (#43058211)
> In France it's totally fine to send spam emails during elections, maybe you just got lucky ?

In the US, when are things not in 'election mode'?

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