Hi guys, here is a simple solution : create a gmail account called - mycodename-linke...@gmail.com only use that for social networking sites.
done. mike On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Raj Mathur <r...@linux-delhi.org> wrote: > On Thursday 15 Oct 2009, Gora Mohanty wrote: > > I am not averse to the idea of working together, through sites > > similar to LinkedIn. However, I am very much opposed to what > > seems to have become de riguer for such social networking sites, > > where they actively seek to sucker new users into exposing more > > email addresses that they can unscrupulously harvest. Because of > > this, I refuse to use LinkedIn, even though they are apparently > > a very useful site. > > > > I also think that it is incumbent on people to be aware of such > > practices by social networking sites that they subscribe to. If > > they choose to open all contacts in their email box to such > > spammers, in my opinion, they share the blame for the spam that > > results. The "punishment" in this case is also ridiculously trivial, > > so there is hardly any reason to complain. > > Er, what makes you think that once you've revealed your e-mail ID and > password to linkedin (or equivalent site) they won't use, abuse and > misuse it for their own hidden agenda? Yes, yes, the web site claims > that they'll forget your password eventually, but any web site can make > any claim without actually adhering to it. Further, linkedin (and other > anti-social networking sites) are now ripe targets for various mafiosi- > type attacks (remember Twitter got haxqu0red a couple of weeks back?) > and you can be absolutely sure that when a band of gun-toting coke- > crazed hoods gets hold of your contacts and presumably your password > they're not going to be agonising over whether to misuse that data or > not. > > There is also the whole value-raising question, where the promoters of > every site try to raise the value of the site; traditionally this was > done (roughly) by counting registered users, at, say, $1 per user or so. > Now if I were promoting linkedin I'd make damn sure that I kept users' > passwords with me, so that when MS tries to buy me out they pay me $1 > per registered user and, under the table, another $100 per validated > user password! > > In short, giving your e-mail ID password to someone you don't know from > Ali is an excellent way to show the world that you don't have a clue > about security and can't be trusted with sensitive data. > > Regards, > > -- Raju > -- > Raj Mathur r...@kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ > GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F > PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > -- James Michael DuPont Founding Board Member Free/Libre Open Source Software Kosova FLOSSK _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
