Why do you need to claim freestuff?

[Bisbas]

I think it's laughable, that you need to go to your CA account to claim the free lords and heroes.

I get they want people to visit their website, but come'on just give it with the patch, without us having to go out of our way to get the freebies.

[Elitewrecker PT]

Going forward we supposedly aren't gonna have to do it anymore. As long as you've linked your steam and CA accounts they'll be automatically activated.
You'll only have to go to activate the old ones.

[Solvem Probler]

It's not free. You pay with your data, like your email address.

[Zeek]

Originally posted by NihilVerum:

It's not free. You pay with your data, like your email address.

This is true but at the same time I can count on one hand the number of emails I've got from CA in 7 years.

[dollars202]

it's not their e-mails, most spam is sent by people who bought your e-mail from people like CA who make money selling it.

[Mollerz]

Marketing.

[45]

Originally posted by dollars202:

it's not their e-mails, most spam is sent by people who bought your e-mail from people like CA who make money selling it.

always use burners.

[Captain Baldy]

Originally posted by NihilVerum:

It's not free. You pay with your data, like your email address.

Although safety is a subjective concept, in the vast majority of situations, concerns such as data miners and scammers are relatively minor and outside the abstract should not be a source of worry. I have not use antivirus third party software in 15 years and I have never had a single security concern.

[Zeek]

Originally posted by dollars202:

it's not their e-mails, most spam is sent by people who bought your e-mail from people like CA who make money selling it.

Even then, I very rarely ever get spam in my inbox, using an email about 17 years old. Don't even bother looking in my Spam/Junk folder unless I suspect I'm missing a specific email.

So worst case scenario is you might get some spam emails that go straight to your Junk folder.

[Mollerz]

Originally posted by 45:

Originally posted by dollars202:

it's not their e-mails, most spam is sent by people who bought your e-mail from people like CA who make money selling it.

always use burners.

Give each burner a distinct name so you know which company sold it.

[Captain T1]

Originally posted by Zeek:

Originally posted by dollars202:

it's not their e-mails, most spam is sent by people who bought your e-mail from people like CA who make money selling it.

Even then, I very rarely ever get spam in my inbox, using an email about 17 years old. Don't even bother looking in my Spam/Junk folder unless I suspect I'm missing a specific email.

So worst case scenario is you might get some spam emails that go straight to your Junk folder.

I get no spam whatsoever.

[Elitewrecker PT]

Originally posted by Mollerz:

Originally posted by 45:

always use burners.

Give each burner a distinct name so you know which company sold it.

Interesting exercise, but you'd have to be periodically checking them or have the email client linked to all of them simultaneously.

[Zeek]

Originally posted by Mollerz:

Originally posted by 45:

always use burners.

Give each burner a distinct name so you know which company sold it.

Sounds tedious and a huge waste of time tbh.

[Mollerz]

Originally posted by Zeek:

Sounds tedious and a huge waste of time tbh.

No more than tying one's shoes lmao

[Zeek]

Originally posted by Mollerz:

Originally posted by Zeek:

Sounds tedious and a huge waste of time tbh.

No more than tying one's shoes lmao

I'd rather not give robo-created junk emails even a second of my time honestly.

I'm curious though, what is the point of doing all that?

[DaBa]

Originally posted by NihilVerum:

It's not free. You pay with your data, like your email address.

I laugh at anybody stupid enough to use their real data for stuff like these. Normal people have email addresses for spam purposes like these and never use their personal details. If they want my spam bin's email address, you're welcome.