Security, or breach of security?

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@Czarcasm

…which also allowed the convention to advertise through your Twitter account without your knowledge, making it look as if the message came from you… More here. I don’t think that this is a good idea, and I would hate for this practice to spread to other venues. What say you?

LinkedIn is accused of doing this, or something similar. They badger users to give their e-mail addresses and passwords :eek: then harvest all your contacts from your e-mail account. Then send invitations in your name to all your contacts, to come and join LinkedIn. (I myself have received some of these.)

HuffPo article: LinkedIn Sued For ‘Hacking’ Users’ Email Accounts To Spam Friends

Bloomberg article: LinkedIn Customers Allege Company Hacked E-Mail Addresses

The Independent article: Stranger danger? LinkedIn denies ‘hack and spam’ attacks on members in marketing tussle