My bizarre email issue is about gmail, not iCloud, but I'm hoping someone clueful can weigh in.
In my gmail inbox I periodically get very strange emails from mailer-daemon@googlemail.com, addressed to username+caf_=username=example.com@gmail.com
(where "username" is my gmail user, and "example.com" is the domain of a consulting client from a decade ago that gave me username@example.com)
The body of these weird messages says
Address not found
Your message wasn't delivered to username@example.com because the address couldn't be found, or is unable to receive mail.
550 5.1.1
The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or unnecessary spaces. For more information, go to https://support.google.com/mail/?p=NoSuchUser 6a1803df08f44-6ac070f1538sor47269616d6.5 - gsmtp
above an arbitrary supposedly-forwarded message like
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: The New Yorker Daily <newyorker@newsletter.newyorker.com>
To: username@gmail.com
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 16:31:02 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: The Secrets of the Stasi
----- Message truncated -----
Gambling has been a huge disaster for the country as a whole. If it were up to me, I would have already banned all gambling platforms in the country. But to make matters worse, the government is studying a state-owned gambling platform.
evangelical churches are starting to get concerned about this and we are starting to see the evangelical base in congress react against.. [1][2]
When people that has lost all their money on gambling stop paying the tithe, that many evangelical churches demand, the movement against it between churches leadership will gain a LOT of traction..
Well, yes, fiat is extraordinarily useful, and used, including for crime. However, there are many rules and mechanisms in place to stop fiat being used for crime (KYC, AML, CTF, ...). So, it is better suited to legitimate transactions, and worse for illegitimate ones. Lastly, fiat is indispensable in running a modern economy.
In contrast, crypto is designed (qua permissionlessness) to evade regulation. Since it's fairly crappy technology, it's also slow and inefficient and cumbersome. So, it is better suited to illegitimate transactions than to legitimate ones. Lastly, crypto is entirely dispensable.
