[TheForge] Plaxo????

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Seems to me that what's needed is to offer them up as an object of sport 
to all those hackers who feel inclined to constructive mischief.
Hold a contest?..-pf

PlumDon at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 6/7/2009 1:58:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> mspencer at tallships.ca writes:
> 
> Somehow, Don or his computer did the wrong  thing and Plaxo will
> (possibly) spam TheForge and/or Don's friends until  (unless) he gets
> it turned off.
>  
> 
> What an infuriating and aggravating incident...for which I again  apologize 
> profusely to any who have been pestered by Plaxo. 
> 
> I received a  plaxo invitation from a very good customer. She is quite 
> wealthy and I have done  quite a few thousand dollars worth of custom work for 
> her over the past couple  years. I assumed everything was ok and I envisioned 
> more $$$ coming. I did two  clicks and next thing I knew they had my entire 
> address book. 
> 
> I have  deleted any of my account information with them and they claim all 
> data has been  deleted. 
>  
> I rather like Terry's suggestion re the heads on spikes. 
> 
> Then I  went through my address book and purged it. It's amazing how 
> addresses build up  in there. I plan to be more carefully selective in the future. 
> A pity, really,  'cause I would like to keep all contacts. However, I am 
> becoming increasingly  aware about how vulnerable we are. I was flabbergasted 
> to find out recently that  as long as you have your cell phone turned on 
> someone, anywhere, with the right  software, could track every call you made 
> and every call you received and listen  and record every spoken work. They 
> could also listen in to any conversations  within a couple feet of that phone 
> that was on...but not connected to anyone.  Scary! 
>  
> 
> Don Plummer
> Plummer Design Works
> 392 Hallman Mill  Road
> Phoenixville, PA 19460
> 610-495-5058
> Plumdon at aol.com 
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