We do not buy, sell or share any data or personal information on anyone. MailChimp is only used to get data points on the effectiveness of our newsletter. We also try to get data on the effectiveness of our social media efforts. We do not look at individual behavior, only group anonymous data. If you wish to by-pass the "trackers," just go to
https://nanog.org/stories/ Anything that we send out in our newsletter or social media and be found there.
It is totally possible to turn off the spyware in MailChimp. You just
need to buy an actual commercial account rather than using their
"free" service. To save $13 or $20 per month, you are instead selling
the privacy of every recipient of your emails. See:
https://mailchimp.com/help/enable-and-view-click-tracking/
"Check the Track clicks box to enable click tracking, or uncheck the
box to disable click tracking. ... Mailchimp will continue to
redirect URLs for users with free account plans to protect against
malicious links. ... When a paid user turns off click tracking,
Mailchimp will continue to redirect their URLs until certain account
activity thresholds are met."
Don't forget to turn off the spyware 1x1 pixel "web bugs" that
MailChimp inserts by default, too:
https://mailchimp.com/help/about-open-tracking/
as usual, the problem is not technical. there is no need for mailchump
at all.
nanog management has made a very intentional decision to sell my
privacy. nanog has come a long way, not all of it good.
randy