And then of course there was this: http://www.informationweek.com/social-business/social_networking_consumer/linkedin-responds-to-email-grabbing-suit/240161630
Linkedin denies the allegations, but I'm convinced there's something to them. I was receiving a steady stream of linkedin invites on behalf of one acquaintance until I marked them as spam. Is Linkedin the kind of organization I would feel comfortable with exposing my email to? Hell to the no! On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Paul WALL <[email protected]> wrote: > Adding Zaid Ali Khan for feedback. > > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 10:45 AM, 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/< > 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. > > > > > > >
