Francois PIETTE wrote: >I added custom pins to the Frappr ICS and MidWare group >(http://www.frappr.com/icsandmidware). Using those pins, you can tell if you >are an ICS or a MidWare user, or both. If you already put your entry to >Frappr, please edit it to change your pin according to what you use. If you >haven't added yourself to the map, just do it now ! > > >
I am sure the intention was good, and this Frappr thing can be appealing, but ... I would have liked this to be put only in the mailing list so that anyone interested could join instead of sending all our email addresses to "Rising Concept LLC" who operate Frappr. (or Am I the only one who got their "You have been invited to join 'ICS and MidWare'" email ?) By doing so, you 'opted in' everyone on the list to receive whatever they want to send us. Sure their privacy policy of the day say they won't spam, but it also says "We reserve the right to change our privacy policy at any time" Clearly, their business model is to sell people's location to advertisers. This information is valuable for marketers since they can not legally get it in most jurisdictions. When people sign for a list such as this one, they expect to be subscribing to the list and nothing else. A list maintainer should always consider the membership list a confidential information and never share it with a third party. My 0.02 ... >-- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.overbyte.be > > > -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
