[Air-L] Quechup invites....beware

[tata dano]

I think your right I entered my email and password...i've just tried to sign
up but never get through.

On 9/5/07, Emma Duke-Williams <emma.dukewilliams at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I guess this is calling out for a research project ... how many people
> let Quechup email all their contacts vs. those who use the "I've not
> got an address book" option... and then how long people keep the
> account for...
>
> Emma
>
> On 04/09/07, Richard Forno <rforno at infowarrior.org> wrote:
> >
> > I'm hearing reports that these Quechup invites are a phishing expedition
> in
> > disguise, or at least a VERY bad way of creating social networking.  So
> I'm
> > passing this along as an FYI given that I just saw one such invite hit
> the
> > AOIR listserve:
> >
> > According to one report,
> >
> > http://mashable.com/2007/09/02/quechup/
> >
> > " The issue lies with their ³check for friends² form: during signup
> you¹re
> > asked to enter your email address and password to see whether any of
> your
> > friends are already on the service. Enter the password, however, and it
> will
> > proceed to mail all your contacts without asking permission. This has
> led to
> > many users issuing apologies to their friends for ³spamming² them
> > inadvertently. Hopefully the bad PR on this one will force them to
> change
> > the system."
> >
> > Add'l coverage:
> >
> >
> http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2007/09/spam_alert_just_say_no_to_q
> > uechup_1.html
> >
> > http://blogs.nmss.com/communications/2007/08/no-quechup-plea.html
> >
> > Just a FYI.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > -Rick
> > Infowarrior.org
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
> > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
> > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at:
> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
> >
> > Join the Association of Internet Researchers:
> > http://www.aoir.org/
> >
>
>
> --
> Blog: http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~duke-wie/blog/
> _______________________________________________
> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at:
> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
>
> Join the Association of Internet Researchers:
> http://www.aoir.org/
>



-- 
Field Supervisor
AMORE Project (Renewable Energy)
Allah Valley Development Foundation, Inc.
Philippines
Linux Registered User #383849
http://ozamiz.org/yennan