De mens van Everything Burns was redelijk kwaad op Google:

Great. Google sold my email address to spammers. I know this because I am in the habit of using unique email addresses if I give out an address on the web. Today I got a spam addressed to jimfl+google, the address I used to sign up for downloading the Google API.

Da’s wat ik ook doe, met die adressen. Bijzonder handig, maar ik heb zo nog geen abuse-achtige dingen meeemaakt, spijtig. Enfin, die mens stuurt een boze mail naar de mannen van Google, en krijgt daarop het volgende antwoord:

Mr. Flanagan,

Please allow us to apologize for any inconvenience due to our, admittedly, questionabe business practices. You can be assured that your email address, as long as it doesn’t change, will not be included in any further transactions of this sort.

By way of apology, the top result for the search term “Jim Flanagan” will return your site for the next year. You will also receive a check for $1000, and a pair of “I’m Feeling Lucky Boxer Shorts” (We will require your mailing address, and underwear size for this).

Regards,
Sergey Brin

Bah. Gelukzak.