On Fri May 21 2010, Abha Harting wrote:
> While this looks great, there is a part to the sign up (step 2) that is
> pretty offensive:
>
> "We are interested in partnering up with true opinion leaders. Prove us
> your friends listen, send them an invitation to become testers too.
> It's very easy to do, just select you network and enter your login
> information. *An invitation email will be sent to everyone on your
> contact list.* If you have questions on how this feature works read the
> FAQ page. We do not save your login info."
>
> I have over 600 contacts on my gmail account which includes anyone who I
> have sent email to or responded to over the years. I DO NOT want every
> single one of them to get "invited" nor do I want to give out my gmail
> login for chrissake! This is flat out DUMB and far from a legitimate
> request! Why would I want to give up control of my email account to
> some unknown (spam??) entity??
>
> IMO this is a jaw dropper that needs to be investigated.
>
> Abha
>
NOOO! That's too much like Grouply. They get you to give them your Yahoo
login info and they scrape your address book and spam the hell out of it. I
don't "do" Grouply and I sure wouldn't do "BetaIncGroup" either.
