[166493] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: If you're on LinkedIn, and you use a smart phone...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul WALL)
Fri Oct 25 19:48:22 2013
In-Reply-To: <526A9224.1050608@deaddrop.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:48:12 -0500
From: Paul WALL <pauldotwall@gmail.com>
To: Shrdlu <shrdlu@deaddrop.org>
Cc: Nanog <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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.bishop=
fox.com/blog/2013/10/linkedin-intro/>
>
> LinkedIn released a new product today called Intro. They call it
> =93doing the impossible=94, but some might call it =93hijacking email=94.
> 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=92s servers. You read that right. Once
> you install the Intro app, all of your emails, both sent and received,
> are transmitted via LinkedIn=92s 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=85whatever 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.
>
>
>
