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Originator:	mac	Printable Version
Title:	mining Contact lists

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From: mac	On: 2007/12/08 07:42:17
i wondered how there can be a function in whitepages.com (for instance) that lets you search for people's email addresses. then i added a colleague into my hotmail address book, and may have figured it out. i'm going to have to research it, but does anyone already know this answer?

From: JOK	On: 2007/12/08 12:18:57
yes

From: Hooligan	On: 2007/12/10 04:29:28
Don't know, are you suggesting that the address books are visible and therefore being mined?

From: mac	On: 2007/12/10 21:13:08
being a conspiracy theorist, and all-around skeptic, i'm suggesting the same thing i suggested here, that after you hand over your information for safe-keeping, it's finding its way out the back door and into the hands of scoundrels who use it (or sell it). how else would a "whitepages.com" come up with an email list? do YOU surrender your email address to registries with your real name attached?

From: Hooligan	On: 2007/12/13 05:57:45
might be being stolen by an employee.

From: Pixie	On: 2007/12/19 14:51:28
I figure if it's online, one way or another, its accessable/visible to anyone who wants it badly enough...

From: shekerra	On: 2007/12/27 19:16:18
No

From: hes	On: 2008/01/02 16:37:27
Yes

From: shekerra	On: 2008/01/02 16:50:45
damn miner!

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