[LINK] How does LinkedIn know my contacts?

[Jan Whitaker]

At 02:51 PM 11/02/2013, grove at zeta.org.au wrote:
>Perhaps my loose idea of an Identity Broker online could help with this?
>I am starting to think that such a thing may need to become necessary
>in the near future as these smart technologies index and audit us
>in such sneaky ways now......

I think it's interesting that this question in conjunction with an 
increase in spoofing and spam came up in our computer club last week 
and I advised everyone to stop giving their contacts away to 3rd 
party sites (on top of the other advice of use Bcc when possible).

That link I put up from Joel Brenner discusses trusted identities, 
too, and the value of that versus the value of anonymity. Although 
his hyperbole equating the intent of anonymous posters with street 
muggers was a bit over the top.

Jan



Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
jwhit at janwhitaker.com
blog: http://janwhitaker.com/jansblog/
business: http://www.janwhitaker.com

Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or 
sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth.
~Madeline L'Engle, writer

_ __________________ _