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posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday February 26 2014, @09:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the And-nothing-of-value-was-lost dept.

lhsi writes:

"The BBC is reporting that starting in early March, Facebook is ending its @facebook.com e-mail system, due to a lack of use. E-mails sent to a users @facebook.com address will now be 'forwarded to the personal email address from which the member signed up for the site'.

If this is the e-mail address that is the personalised user URL followed by @facebook.com, does that mean that users will potentially be exposed to e-mail spam through it? The @facebook.com e-mails can be pieced together easily enough (and go to an 'Other' folder in the Facebook Messages area without notifying users so can currently be ignored), but actual e-mail addresses, including ones that could now have e-mails forwarded to, can be kept private. There is little information about this at the moment, even on the Facebook newsroom."

 
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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by mwvdlee on Wednesday February 26 2014, @10:24AM

    by mwvdlee (169) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @10:24AM (#7223)

    I wasn't aware the whole @facebook.com existed until this article.

    Too bad, would have been a great way to misinform them. Just subscribe to both Democrat and Republic newsletters, Westboro baptist church newsletter and gay porn sites, etc. Would be fun to see them try to figure out what to advertise.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Buck Feta on Wednesday February 26 2014, @02:57PM

    by Buck Feta (958) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @02:57PM (#7318) Journal

    Based on those four subscriptions, you'd probably get a lot of condom ads.

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by quacking duck on Wednesday February 26 2014, @08:17PM

      by quacking duck (1395) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @08:17PM (#7530)

      "Just subscribe to both Democrat and Republic newsletters, Westboro baptist church newsletter and gay porn sites, etc. Would be fun to see them try to figure out what to advertise"

      Based on those four subscriptions, you'd probably get a lot of condom ads.

      Anytime religion is involved, you have to practice safe sects.