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[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Several years ago, I was a Realtor for one year. Somehow, I don't remember how, I got signed up on a list under the name "Henry". My name is not Henry, but Henry gets an ungodly amount of real estate spam, both emails and texts under that name. Blocking them does nothing. But, it's not just real estate anymore, now Henry gets political spam, too.

Henry will be sent spam decades after I die.

this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2026
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