It was sent to the wlug mailing list.  My guess is somebody gave their address book to LinkedIn, the same thing happened with Facebook a few years back, IIRC (or was that on another mailing list?)

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 6:33 PM, E Johnson <iris.gates@gmail.com> wrote:

Noooo!

Did anyone else from WLUG receive this? If so, let's fix it.

Please don't use the private WLUG mailing list contact info for invitations to social sites!

Al, please delete me from your Contacts immediately.

WLUG: maybe some kind of Privacy statement should be posted on the WLUG website (link on main page). I looked for some statement about how the mailing list contacts should be private, but found none. Private mailing lists are not for mining.

Wrong, bad, no, please, no. My contact is not to be shared, not at any time, for any reason.

Thanks,
Liz J

If what you are getting online is for free, you are not the customer, you are the product. -Jonathan Zittrain, professor of Internet law (b. 1969)

On 23 March 2012 18:14, Al Butler <albutlerjr@yahoo.com> wrote:

From Al Butler Information Technology and Services Professional Greater Boston Area I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Al Confirm that you know Al You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. Unsubscribe © 2012, LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct. Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

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