The website that asked too many questions

I teach a course for people who are older than I am (66+) on IT safety so I thought a website called http://www.learnmyway.com with a free course on staying safe online might be useful. Trying the site out, however, I found it did the very thing I warn my students about. It asked for information including name, address and email address These are quite unnecessary for websites offering a free service. I strongly advise students against giving any such information unless they want to have their email inbox flooded with advertising rubbish.

Many a time people have fallen for pubs and hotels which demand email addresses for internet access. Once they have done that they bombard the hapless victim with special offers and rubbish. These days the emails have a tiny tiny "unsubscribe" at the bottom which most of my students simply cannot see.

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