Well yeah? Thats the point, to be put on a list, to be made aware of news from the source of a general strike

Yes it is an operation, yes it is a list - thats exactly why you'd sign up though, and accepting the risk that like any list, it could be exposed

The alternative would be to either miss relavent news, or hear from it from secondary (potentially corrupted) sources, or go through the effort of regularly checking the site unprompted