Hi Stephen, On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 01:40:12PM +0100, Stephen Davies wrote: > I saw the reference in the previous thread to the fact that it is > > "almose de-regeur that you had a Linkedin profile" > > I had one for a short while but after seeing the details of who I was > linked to, I soon deleted it. > It was not because I didn't want to be linked with these people but it > was purely for security.
If you didn't want people to see who you were linked to then why do it -- of course you DID later decide not to do it, so fair play, but this is kind of the point of it. > In my opinon, the sort of data that is used by LinkedIn presents a great > opportunity for Identity Theft. As someone who has had their identity > stolen (ok, it was 1973) I am aware of the risks. This is also the > reason I don't use any social networking sites such as Facebook etc. On both LinkedIn and Facebook you can set the amount of detail you want to be seen by the general public and friends/links. On both of them you can get it to show you what other people would see. > Do any LUG Memger have similar reservations about sires like LinkedIn or > am I being overly paranoid? I think "people" do tend to give web sites and companies more information than they realise they are, or perhaps should, but in the specific cases mentioned I think a total rejection solely on the basis of "security" is paranoid, yes. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting You dont have to be illiterate to use the Internet, but it help's. -- Mike Bristow
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