To clarify Liz, Linked In doesn't have your email address. They have wlug@wlug.org, and that contact opened X hundred emails. On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 7:21 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates@gmail.com> wrote:
My guess is somebody gave their address book to LinkedIn
Obviously so.
Jason also commented:
Just need to be careful letting sites and apps go through your email contacts
Not just "be careful" but more like: "Do Not allow" sites and apps any access to your email contacts at all.
Ppls contact info is not owned by whoever has the person in their Contacts list.
Maybe a link could be added to the WLUG mailing list signup page, sending a proposed (requesting-to-join) WLUG mailing list member to a page stating Privacy policy (non-share contacts info). If a proposed (requesting) mailing list member must read Privacy policy, then agree (click Yes to Agree) before becoming a member of the mailing list, maybe it would prevent the idea that Contact lists can be so casually given away.
Liz J
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