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minus-squareOADINC@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·8 months agoIf you are in the EU I think you are legally allowed to request they delete all your data. Might be worth it.
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·8 months agoThey can use nordvpn to change their location to the EU then send the email
minus-squareAbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·8 months ago…that’s not how email works
minus-squaregoldisgood4u@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agoit is how a joke works, but I gotta say it’s not a very good one.
minus-squarethecrotchlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·8 months agoThat actually is how email works, assuming you use a local client vs a web client. The headers will contain the origin IP it was sent from. Easy enough to geo locate and see it’s European.
If you are in the EU I think you are legally allowed to request they delete all your data. Might be worth it.
They can use nordvpn to change their location to the EU then send the email
…that’s not how email works
it is how a joke works, but I gotta say it’s not a very good one.
That actually is how email works, assuming you use a local client vs a web client. The headers will contain the origin IP it was sent from. Easy enough to geo locate and see it’s European.