I'm quite aware. The purpose is to get information about me through exploiting a service. You can put it in a little targeted spam to me to try to get past spam filters and get a favorable reaction.
It's snooping, and it's reprehensible.
It's snooping, and it's reprehensible.
Also, how can you have a 'favorable reaction' to spam given that...
> If I ever get an email with my name from a company I've never given information to, I... delete that email.
I also agree that this is snooping. However, this is just a tool, and should be used responsibly. Abuse would make it reprehensible.
"how can you have a 'favorable reaction' to spam"
The intent is for people to lower their guard when they read email that's directly addressed to their name and seems to display knowledge of them.
"Abuse would make it reprehensible."
I think its abuse is being promoted, here. I mean, really, reread the blog post.