ummm gene... forgive me.. but what the heck are you talking about! i use linkedin extensively.. never had a problem with it capturing my web site/travel information.. of course i ignore the ability to peruse my outlook/email addresses as i don't want to spam other people... it's perfectly ok for sites to ask you if they can use the information they collect on you for other purposes, as long as they spell the purposes out. it's also perfectly ok for you to not use their services.. and i'm also willing to bet that you're wrong regarding any facebook client calling home, reporting all your internet travels.. so, enlighten us, what's your real issue??? and yeah, i'm a 47 year old dude who's been dealing with tech when alot of these guys weren't finished crawling to their moms!! -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gene Heskett Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 7:52 AM To: For users of Fedora Subject: Re: flock On Friday 18 July 2008, Robert P. J. Day wrote: >type flockOn Fri, 18 Jul 2008, Rex Dieter wrote: >> Arnav Kalra wrote: >> > How can i install flock on my fedora 8 laptop >> >> What is flock? What are you looking for? > >flock is a social network-oriented browser, with hooks for stuff like >facebook, linkedin, etc. > >rday >-- > One old farts opinion: Why should we enable these creeps who exist solely for the purpose of collecting data on its users for sale to the highest bidder, or in some cases as a cruising site by pedophiles looking to score some underage action? Doubt me? Google for facebook and calling home, facebook's user client ignores your wishes to keep quiet, and calls home to facebook, reporting all your web activities. As one lady observed, scroom & the camel that rode in on them. Ditto for reunion.com, a bro-in-laws winderz box was infected just this past week. It bombed everyone in his address database. All that stuff from linkedin etc that come in here gets fed to sa-learn -spam. For everyone who thinks those are neat sites, just remember TANSTAAFL. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the programmer. -- Larry Wall in <199709081901.MAA20863@xxxxxxxx> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
