Saswata Banerjee wrote: > Dinesh Joshi wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Amiya Sahoo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> GNU/Linux, >>> >>> I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. >>> >>> - Amiya >>> >>> >> Just goes to show the world is full of fools. Thanks for revealing >> your password to a untrusted site. >> > What makes you think he gave his password to LinkedIn ? > He just exported his address book and uploaded it to the site. > So he gave your email Id to a potential spam list without endangering > his own security. > The Linked In server sent the original mail spoofed as the member's > email id so that it will go through filters like this. >
( *CAUTION* *TO* *ALL* *GLUGGERS:* Please do not even experiment the process with the email id you use for this list ) Have you created an account on Linkedin without having to reveal the original password for the email id that is used as the username as well as prevent them from snooping into your contacts list? If so, your tips could help others from making mistakes like using their original email password. However from the link provided by the OP, I was taken to a login page asking me for an email id as username and a password. I checked out the join today link for new users and there they ask for an email id and password. The privacy terms also state that among the information they will collect will be the email id and a password. For some reason they are not clear about the password, if it is the original or another one for the linkedin site. That is a gray area. > The interesting thing is that while there is an agreement (in LinkedIn > privacy policy) not to sell his email id to a spammer, there is nothing > that prevents LinkedIn from selling your id to the spammer. An > interesting view that I had not considered till I got this email. > >> I hope your machine gets slammed >> with some virus that destroys all data. And I really hope your >> prospective professional employer sees this this post of mine and that >> leaves you perennial unemployed. >> >> > Actually, potential employers will probably be looking at his being a > LinkedIn member as a proof of how good, proactive he is and give him a > job which you would not get as you are not connected enough (I assume > you are not on linkedin........) > Guys who are well connected by phone, mobile and internet are a general nuisance and a security hazard for the computer systems, especially doze. They spend more time staying connected than doing any serious work. I have seen such guys in different offices. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
