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

[George Bakos <gbakos () alpinista org>]

next thing you know, Google is going to be offering free email so they
can do the same thing. 

On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 08:45:40 -0700
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/
>
> 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.


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