Wendy NatherCold sales email: “I really enjoyed the conversations and sessions at Black Hat USA this year, yours stood out as one that offered practical and thought-provoking insights.”
Dude, I suspect you and your LLM didn’t even attend any of my sessions.
Cromley@wendynather@infosec.exchange But how many of us can truly say:
My practical and thought-provoking insights bring all the sales-query LLMs to my conference sessions and/or conversations
Tindra@wendynather@infosec.exchange the one time I’ve responded to a cold email it was because it started with “hey I saw your post on <thing I actually wrote> and think that <point I actually made> means you’d dig our product”
Referring to more than my LinkedIn bio is such a low bar. And yet.
David Schuetz ** looking for work **@wendynather@infosec.exchange The number of cold emails (really, they're SPAM, I don't care how legit the intention is) that start with crap like that is infuriating.
90% addressed to someone who is NOT me (but often is a former co-worker, and references that co-worker's experience...). Because I have a catch-all domain, the email isn't even to my address.
I constantly want to reply with, not just snark, but genuine "get the fuck out of my email you idiot" messages, but I think most of them are probably fully automated AI spam.
And the few that aren't automated are probably some poorly-sourced address list, that the salesdroids in question aren't bothering to vet in the least. (so I still feel justified criticizing them severely...)
But as I said, it won't make any difference anyway, so...every day I delete a dozen emails.
Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified:@wendynather@infosec.exchange I’m glad you enjoy my “we forgot the unsubscribe link” newsletter!
David Schuetz ** looking for work **@wendynather@infosec.exchange Heh. Just opened my phone and here are the top three emails: