I was having a read of my football team's website, and there was an offer of a free download of the season's fixtures into my calendar. Sounds OK, so I made sure I was signed in, clicked a few things and set about setting this up.
Very quickly, it became apparent that this isn't going to happen unless I sign up to something called ECAL, which appears primarily to be a marketing tool. I am sure it works very nicely, but I had to agree to ECAL having full access to the information in my diary, for whatever reason they wish, and the ability to add or delete data.
Screech of brakes - no thank you. My diary contains medical stuff and all sorts of personal contact info, and a pretty thorough record of where I've been and what I've done for the last 12 years or so. I'm not daft - I understand that ECAL can obtain all this from my Google account anyway, but I have not given explicit permission for that, so they would be breaking the law. This is different.
I shall enjoy my pathetic little fightback - every single time I have to look up the fixture dates elsewhere; ECAL, whatever they represent, can go and do one, as quickly as they like.
Don't do it! Oh you didn't......very wise ☺
ReplyDeleteECAL - probably "Exploiting Commercially And Lying"
Even getting as far as you did means you will no doubt receive all sorts of football related emails......
I'm currently being bombarded with emails telling me my i-cloud photo storage is full and will be deleted.....unless I pay some scammer or click on a link...
Apple have told me it's nearly 50%, but in any case I have already backed them up on an external drive....delete away suckers! ☺
Neil
I got a spam email from Supportteam yesterday, saying that they have at last deleted all my photos from the cloud - it was only a matter of time before they ran out of patience, I guess, but I would be a more upset if I had any photos on whichever cloud they may be worried about. Are bots getting more stupid, or is this just an extension of the public getting more stupid?
DeleteI am sure many will feel you have taken the gesture right out of our hands.
ReplyDeleteMy use of the gesture prompted an email discussion about the origins of this forked insult. Once again the legend of the English bowmen's fingers at Agincourt was aired - I have doubts about this one, though I don't understand any of the more likely explanations, naturally.
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