next thing you know, Google is going to be offering free email so they can do the same thing.
On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 08:45:40 -0700 Shrdlu <[email protected]> wrote: > I hate to do this, but it's something that anyone managing email > servers (or just using a smart phone to update LI) needs to know > about. I just saw this on another list I'm on, and I know that there > are folks on NANOG that are on LinkedIn. > > ++++++++++ > http://www.bishopfox.com/blog/2013/10/linkedin-intro/ > > LinkedIn released a new product today called Intro. They call it > ___doing the impossible___, but some might call it ___hijacking email___. > Why do we say this? Consider the following: > > Intro reconfigures your iOS device (e.g. iPhone, iPad) so that all of > your emails go through LinkedIn___s servers. You read that right. Once > you install the Intro app, all of your emails, both sent and received, > are transmitted via LinkedIn___s servers. LinkedIn is forcing all your > IMAP and SMTP data through their own servers and then analyzing and > scraping your emails for data pertaining to___whatever they feel like. > > ++++++++++ > > Read the full article. If you're using LI via your smart phone, and > you have already installed this app, you probably need to save off > your contacts and data, and wipe the phone. I wouldn't trust > uninstalling as enough, myself. In the long run, I'll be deleting my > account. > > No, I don't use a smart phone to update any social media. No, I > especially do not trust LI (never have, never will). BTW, they're > currently adding back any contacts you've deleted. Thanks for > reminding me that Joe Barr, Len Sassaman, and Jay D Dyson are gone > from this world. > > -- > Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here, > we might as well dance. > > --
