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		JankySolutions on Feb 15, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone number... It's not legal? What part is illegal?

Faaak on Feb 15, 2018 [–]

When a website offers you a quote about water fountains/new printers/whatever, I doub't it's legal to say that you're company X and that you'd be interested in this particular quote.

JankySolutions on Feb 15, 2018 | [–]

I'd be interested in seeing a specific law or case where that sort of thing was illegal. Lying by itself isn't illegal (in the United States at least, i dunno about elsewhere)

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