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Cable Firms to FTC: We Shouldn’t Have to Let Users Cancel Service With a Click (www.wired.com)
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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They can use nordvpn to change their location to the EU then send the email

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

...that's not how email works

[–] goldisgood4u@lemmings.world 13 points 10 months ago

it is how a joke works, but I gotta say it's not a very good one.

[–] thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

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.