Who knows if it's untrue? Although it almost certainly is. What's "legit" is the point "lots of other people do it so why should I go to any greater effort? And anyway I don't actually give a shit about my employer's customers."

(I was being sarcastic about "legit" -- it's only legit from the selfish POV of the web admin)

Your point is a good one. I think "unfortunate but game-theoretically predictable" would have conveyed it with less confusion.

Sorry, I grew up in a culture in which being so explicit was rude, while being barely-elliptically witty is the normal mode of discourse. I sometimes forget.

We don't know what sites they have signed up for. It could be true.