This is exactly what I'm getting at. I'm sure my company would not be happy if deep-linked, internal-only sitenames were publicly available.
Not only will Delicious bookmarks need to be private-enabled, but they'll need to be heartily secured as well. I'm not a programmer so I can't tell you exactly what that means but I do know that sites like Plaxo and LinkedIn have it properly implemented. It's not just about securing the bookmarks either, there needs to be a clear policy in place that guarantees the information won't be released to the public. Check out Plaxo's privacy policy here: http://www.plaxo.com/privacy I know this is difficult to implement on such an open site as Delicious. The options Joshua has are to keep it as it is -- completely open -- or start allowing some levels of security. Going the security route is not easy. It is all-encompassing, invasive, and touches almost every bit of data Delicious users store, whether users want to secure that data or not. This is why I've been very patient with Joshua with implementing it. I want him to make sure it's done right the first time. Deciding how to do it takes lots of sleepless nights, mulling it over time and time again. Security and privacy are never easily implemented; their development often changes the overall scope of the project. Unfortunately, these are problems society has created and they are no longer an option for most of us. Regardless, I know Joshua is working on it and has a good idea of how to implement it. I'm willing to wait until then to move the last of my "security needed" bookmarks over. Joel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Taylor Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 8:57 AM To: discuss@del.icio.us Subject: Re: [delicious-discuss] for: tags A big use of private bookmarks for me is going to be work intranet bookmarks. I think our legal dept. would go ape if internal product names or various intranet sites were on a public feed. How do others feel about work bookmarks for internal sites? Are there any legal considerations that would prohibit this? -Alan On 7/14/05, Blake West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wouldn't private posts be opposite to the spirit of del.icio.us? I > thought the primary goal was Social bookmarking, not personal bookmark > storage. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@del.icio.us http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@del.icio.us http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
