[LINK] beware Quechup

[Rick Welykochy]

Howard Lowndes wrote:
> 
> 
> Michael Still wrote:
>> Howard Lowndes wrote:
>>>
>>> Jan Whitaker wrote:
>>>> Linkers,
>>>>
>>>> There is a warning making the rounds about a 'new' 'social network'
>>>> called Quechup. Once one signs up, it accesses your address book and
>>>> sends invitations to all those parties under your name.
>>> I assume if that function exists then it will be Winders only.
>>
>> No, it asks you for your gmail / hotmail / whatever password, and then
>> goes and scrapes your online address book.
> 
> I guess the problem then is that the users have little if any concept of 
> privacy, security, identity theft, ....

Total cluelessness if they provide their authorisation crendentials
to a third part. That is rule # 1 of passwords and PINs: DO NOT PROVIDE
TO ANYONE ELSE.

The originating article stated this:

"Once one signs up, it [Quechup] accesses your address book ..."

Sounds like "it" is accessing "locally stored address book" since
that is the only place one would be guaranteed to actually have an
address book. Anyway, this is simply inaccurate reportage which can
easily mislead a computer literati into making technically accurate
but incorrect conclusions.


cheers
rickw



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