Internet Watch: Keeping Your Tubes Safe

[leahbobet]

Via suricattus:

there is apparently a "social networking site" that got hold of one person in the horror/sf field, and, er, Retrieved that person's address book and sent invites to everyone in it. One of those people was me. Because the person in question is generally trustworthy, I made the mistake of clicking to see what hir was trying to talk me into. I backed out quickly, but the damage may have been done.

I got two of these invitations tonight, from a site called Quechup, and so I did a little googling around. This site apparently asks to take a look at your address book in the signup process to see how many other people are already on, and then without letting you know, spams everyone in it who isn't signed up.

Many bloggers are apparently very angry.

'Ware! 'Ware the annoyance and the underhanded programming-in of spam!

Comments

[woodrunner.livejournal.com]

Oh! That is good to know. I did get one of those emails as well, which I thought was strange, but since I don't have the patience to figure out social networking sites, I didn't click on the link. And now, I certainly shan't.

Thanks for propagating the warning!

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Hee. Yeah, my distaste for Facebook and MySpace and their spawn saved me.

Pass it on!

[woodrunner.livejournal.com]

I shall pass on.

[squirrel-monkey.livejournal.com]

I got two today! And thankfully I'm disinclined to click on links to networking (or most other) sites, even if the presumed senders are very nice people.

[david-de-beer.livejournal.com]

ta for posting this, got a couple already (and one of them is from a guy I've exchanged a couple mails with, not much more).

Re: Say....

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have. Brust is on my friendslist, I read most of what he posts.