[TheForge] Plaxo????

[Bruce Freeman]

Gee, Peter, that reminds me of my idea of declaring an open (hunting)
season on off-road vehicles.

On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe
Palmer<artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
> 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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Bruce
NJ

The total lack of evidence is the surest sign that the conspiracy is working.