LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar notes, in plain text

yes, of course, and CEO Mr. Reid Hoffman hangs out at 2012 Bilderberg meeting [1] (that officially does not exist, and its just a "conspiracy theory") only because he adores a company of a bunch of old farts.

move along, nothing to see here!

[1] http://theintelhub.com/2012/05/31/bilderberg-2012-official-p...

Re: LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar notes, in plain text

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Post by rjsamson » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 3:23 AM UTC

This is off topic, but the next web really needs to make an effort to properly credit images. They've been called out on this a number of times before, but the way they credit image sources is just plain wrong. In this article, for example, at the very bottom of the page is a generic link that says SOURCES: IMAGE CREDIT. With this particular image, the photographer very clearly says "please, kindly credit me (Nan Palmero) with the photo and link back here" - nowhere do they credit him by name. A quick check of all of the other publications using her photo do properly credit her by name, but the next web can't be bothered.

If the author of this article is reading - PLEASE CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Re: LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar notes, in plain text

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Post by madrona » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 3:37 AM UTC

rjsamson wrote: post #6

This is off topic, but the next web really needs to make an effort to properly credit images. They've been called out on this a number of times before, but the way they credit image sources is just plain wrong. In this article, for example, at the very bottom of the page is a generic link that says SOURCES: IMAGE CREDIT. With this particular image, the photographer very clearly says "please, kindly credit me (Nan Pal…

TNW rips off more than just pictures.

Re: LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar notes, in plain text

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Post by rjsamson » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 3:46 AM UTC

madrona wrote: post #7

rjsamson wrote: post #6

This is off topic, but the next web really needs to make an effort to properly credit images. They've been called out on this a number of times before, but the way they credit image sources is just plain wrong. In this article, for example, at the very bottom of the page is a generic link that says SOURCES: IMAGE CREDIT. With this particular image, the photographer very clearly says "please, kindly credit me (Nan Pal…

TNW rips off more than just pictures.

Agreed (although this article appears to contain some original reporting), but their neglect for proper image attribution is especially egregious. It is most bothersome to me because all they have to do is mention the guy's name and they get to use his image free of charge, but instead they resort to some sort of half-hidden generic link-back.

Re: LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar notes, in plain text

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Post by richiezc » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 4:05 AM UTC

rjsamson wrote: post #6

This is off topic, but the next web really needs to make an effort to properly credit images. They've been called out on this a number of times before, but the way they credit image sources is just plain wrong. In this article, for example, at the very bottom of the page is a generic link that says SOURCES: IMAGE CREDIT. With this particular image, the photographer very clearly says "please, kindly credit me (Nan Pal…

sort of off topic but I used to work at LinkedIn and created the foil wrapped logo'd chocolates being photographed. we used them as a giveaway back at CES in 2010 in the blackberry booth.

its cool that the images is offered under CC license and has been included in so many articles about LinkedIn, he should get a photo credit

Re: LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar notes, in plain text

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Post by cletus » Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 4:18 AM UTC

This is only tangentially related but I really don't understand why anyone cares so highly about their contact list. Does it really matter? Why does it matter?

Concerns about spam seem anachronistic (in that you have to deal with spam and services like Gmail have become pretty good at countering it). Is it just privacy? If so, I'm confused.