Re: Linked-in and its Phishing-like contacts option!

["Paul D. Robertson" <paul () compuwar net>]

Because the moderator is bored enough to entertain things outside the strict boundaries if there isn't better stuff on 
the list (hint) and he's feeling like a particular topic may generate something or he may want to rail on something or 
for no particular reason.  There are a multitude of reasons general INFOSEC stuff makes the list- and historically I'm 
fairly sure I've been consistently inconsistent on that point.

Paul
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On Apr 24, 2013, at 15:26, "Gautier . Rich" <RGautier () drc com> wrote:

> Thoughts? I’m wondering why User Operational Security falls under the realm of Firewall Wizards..  Other than that, 
> I’d say – They’re not alone by any stretch of the imagination, and plenty of users seem to be perfectly willing to 
> accept the risk (or be unaware of it).  However, not much you can do on the firewall side other than turning off 
> webmail access...
>  
> Richard Gautier, CISSP
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> From: firewall-wizards-bounces () listserv icsalabs com [mailto:firewall-wizards-bounces () listserv icsalabs com] On 
> Behalf Of Mathew Want
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 7:30 PM
> To: Firewall Wizards Security Mailing List
> Subject: [fw-wiz] Linked-in and its Phishing-like contacts option!
>  
> Hiya all.
>
> Has anyone else noticed the option to see who else they know is connected on Linked-in? Have you noticed that if you 
> click on the outlook button it asks you for your WORK EMAIL PASSWORD!!!!!
>
> Bloody hell! It's not like the job of getting users to not submit this information to other sites isn't already hard 
> enough without this!!! The "can't put brains in pumpkins " department must be having a field day over this.
>
> Am I the only one that think this is a touch negligent on the part of Linked-in? Or should I just accept that it is 
> corporate facebook, accepts that they have the dame moral fibre and move on?
>
> Maybe I am expecting too much? Thoughts?
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