At 06:14 AM 8/8/2005, you wrote:
>fot@autox. team. net,
>
>I'm updating my address book. Please take a moment to update me
>with your latest contact info.
>
>
>Click the following link to correct or confirm your information:
>https://www.plaxo.com/edit_contact_info?r=17180649914-55287433-449955006
I would be very cautious of Plaxo. I for one will never update info at
their site as something just does not smell right about them. Given that
their service is "free" and they are spending a ton of dough to offer this
"free" service they must be wanting or planning to make money and the only
thing of value that they have is a ton of personal information that people
have supplied them that they keep updated.
The following is the warning that we prepared and supplied our clients
about this "service"
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"We would urge you to be aware of the Plaxo terms of use to understand what
this "free" service may actually be doing.
Here is a bit about Plaxo from the website Spamcop and some comments from
others as to it's behavior.
http://news.spamcop.net/pipermail/spamcop-mail/2003-July/009833.html
http://news.spamcop.net/pipermail/spamcop-mail/2003-August/009845.html
http://www.nwfusion.com/compendium/archive/003589.html
This from the Network World (nwfusion) site.
"...Check out this paragraph from the Plaxo 'privacy policy':
"In the event Plaxo goes through a business transition, such as a merger,
acquisition or the sale of a portion of its assets, Your Information and
your membership in the Plaxo Contact Networks will, in most instances, be
part of the assets transferred. You will be notified of an ownership change
pursuant to Notification of Changes section of the privacy statement."
My opinion? It's a vacuum for email addresses that will eventually be sold
to the highest bidder..."
Must say that I agree with that assessment and can see why they are getting
themselves added to Spam Black Lists (like the one that we use -
http://www.ipswitch.com/products/IMail_Server/index.html - we run the
Professional version of their mail server and have since 1996)"
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Some other warnings:
https://www.pmbx.net/plaxo.php
http://wired-vig.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,56322,00.html
Might I be paranoid? Sure. But just because your paranoid doen't mean
that their not out to get you.
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