Re: If you're on LinkedIn, and you use a smart phone...

[Jay Farrell <jayfar () jayfar com>]

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 <pauldotwall () gmail com> wrote:

> Adding Zaid Ali Khan for feedback.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Shrdlu <shrdlu () deaddrop org> 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.