LinkedIn Intro

[vetran]

Shocking.

What benefits is this app supposed to provide?

Intro reconfigures your iOS device (e.g. iPhone, iPad) so that all of your emails go through LinkedIn’s servers. You read that right. Once you install the Intro app, all of your emails, both sent and received, are transmitted via LinkedIn’s servers. LinkedIn is forcing all your IMAP and SMTP data through their own servers and then analyzing and scraping your emails for data pertaining to…whatever they feel like.

They mine your data and use it to add to your (and others) profile. Plus for any other purpose they see fit.

Look forward to sexy massages to hubby having linked in spam on it while your linkedin profile is assocaited with Miss Whiplash.

Its MP I feel sorry for all those tupperware ads!

[DirtyDog]

From that link, it only affects iOS.

So I'm not worried about it.

[Bunk]

From that link, it only affects iOS.

So I'm not worried about it.

It's not a proper app, there's no way an iOS app would be able to make those changes to your settings. I just had a look at the site and they wanted me to enter my email address and then grant them access to my Gmail account so I think they're actually hijacking the email account, not the email client, which means it'll be open to anyone.

[eek]

It's not a proper app, there's no way an iOS app would be able to make those changes to your settings. I just had a look at the site and they wanted me to enter my email address and then grant them access to my Gmail account so I think they're actually hijacking the email account, not the email client, which means it'll be open to anyone.

Yep. The app merely adds a man in the middle email server which slurps things from your email provider, adds their linkedin crap to the email body and forwards the "contextual added" email to the phone...

So not only are they reading every email you access from your phone, you are giving them carte blanche to change the content....

[MaryPoppins]

Its MP I feel sorry for all those tupperware ads!

The more the merrier!

[mudskipper]

Its MP I feel sorry for all those tupperware ads!

Jolly useful for geocaching.

[vetran]

Jolly useful for geocaching.

Is that a euphemism?

[Old Greg]

I have an account but rarely use it. Within minutes of creating an account got spammed / invites from agents

I've had some interesting job / contract offers via Linkedin and am negotiating for a permie role at the moment.

[eek]

I've had some interesting job / contract offers via Linkedin and am negotiating for a permie role at the moment.

traitor. Please hand your contractor card in at reception and click here

[Old Greg]

traitor. Please hand your contractor card in at reception and click here

If I take it, I will walk the walk of shame.