On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 08:01:03AM +0000, James Harper wrote:
If you email linked-in they will add the requested addresses (eg luv-main) to their block list to prevent such tragedies in the future.
alternatively, if people had any common sense or respect for other people, they'd realise that when some website asks "can i spam your contacts list?", the ONLY acceptable answer is "no, fuck off". even aside from spam, you should never give out other people's phone numbers, street addresses, email addresses or other contact information - you don't know if the person you're giving the phone number/address is the nutcase stalker ex- that they've been avoiding for years...and you don't know if giving those details to linkedin or facebook or whatever (and that includes allowing them access to your email account) will help a stalker find someone who has successfully escaped. at the very most, you can offer to pass on the contact details of the person who's asking, "if i happen to run into them, but no promises". in short: you don't ever have the right to over-turn someone else's privacy. it's not your decision to make. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>