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LinkedIn & Gmail = Spam

Hello all

I've just registered with LinkedIn and it offered to invite people from my Gmail address book. I've used that feature and now regret it cause invitation email have been send out to all Launchpad bugs, questions, merge proposals, mailing lists and BTS bugs.....

I'm very sorry for all the spam! Please don't block me =(
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  1. vincenzoml11 February 2010 at 17:56

    In fact I looked for you after receiving such an invitation :)

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  2. dmitrijledkov11 February 2010 at 18:00

    Heya =)

    Nice to meet you. I have like 2500+ emails in my address book =)

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  3. nixternal11 February 2010 at 18:19

    Hrmm, this might explain the reasons in the past for receiving Linked In emails via mailing lists. Interesting to know, thanks for the heads up on this.

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  4. Zash11 February 2010 at 19:09

    You .. gave them you email password?

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  5. jcastro11 February 2010 at 19:16

    I saw your mail and was like "poor soul, I remember when that happened to me."

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  6. Dennis11 February 2010 at 19:22

    Oops! :)

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  7. dmitrijledkov11 February 2010 at 19:37

    @nixternal: Mailman / LP / BTS should filter those....

    @Zash: Well yeah, it used Google API and it wasn't faked up.

    @jcastro: thanks for your support.

    @Dennis: "DON'T PANIC" =) loved Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy.

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  8. Oli11 February 2010 at 19:44

    It scares me how many people (with organisational power as well as those without) are more than happy to hand over the keys to their life to a frankly unknown entity.

    You might say "Oh everybody knows and trusts LinkedIn" but you have no idea what happens to your credentials once they're submitted.

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  9. Mackenzie11 February 2010 at 21:25

    Ya know, there are checkboxes next to the names so you can decide who to invite and who not to. I usually go with only inviting people who are in the "already on LinkedIn" list, not the "doesn't have an account, can I email them now???" list.

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  10. Alex12 February 2010 at 16:17

    I have gotten several such emails on the GSoC mailing lists. For that reason, I refuse to use LinkedIn under any circumstances.

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  11. jake18 May 2010 at 02:15

    This whole "web 2.0" or social web.. whatever its called scares me. Facebook scares me...

    Facebook's Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline
    http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/facebook-timeline

    "Since its incorporation just over five years ago, Facebook has undergone a remarkable transformation. When it started, it was a private space for communication with a group of your choice. Soon, it transformed into a platform where much of your information is public by default. Today, it has become a platform where you have no choice but to make certain information public..."

    Facebook Tries to Make Violations of Terms of Use Into Criminal Violations
    http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/05/03

    "Under Facebook's theory, millions of Californians who disregard or don't read terms of service on the websites they visit could face criminal liability."

    "Even the simple use of the automatic login feature of most browsers would constitute a violation under Facebook's theory, since those services are "automatic means" for logging in."

    "...users who shave a few years off their age in their profile, claim to be single when they are married, or change jobs or addresses without updating Facebook right away would also have violated the criminal law."

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