Rony wrote:
Saswata Banerjee wrote:
Dinesh Joshi wrote:
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.
When you sign on to linked in, you give your email id (for them to send you mail and notification like we do on LUG) and to create a password that you will use to access Linkedin. Your email id is your user name and the password you create (for linkedin, not the password of your original email id) is used with that user name.
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.
That is a stupid statement. Not something i expected from Rony. When i am in office, I am connected to internet all the time. To Facebook, Linkedin, Network2Connect, ecademy...... When i am out of office, out of town, I stay connected on data card, gprs, cdma phone, etc as i need to be connected. The only time i stay off is when I have work to do, or in an important meeting or discussion.
Security hazard is dependent on your habits, software, sensitisation to security risk, how important is your data. How long you are connected is immaterial. In 20 minutes, I can do more harm than someone else who is online for a month without stop.
And yes, even with linux, you can do all the stupid things that a windows user can do........look at people who are logged in as root or super user. And with a land line, without mobile connectivity i can do the same thing again. In fact, with mobile connectivity, the risk is lower as the bandwidth available is lower and most of the mobile software are comparatively secured (I think) as they are working with resource constraints. Incidentally, I use a palm phone, which has no virus (I dont load java on it). Similar with symbian.
Regards Saswata