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Migrate contacts from Outlook to Thunderbird via Plaxo
Authored by: artntek on Aug 24, '05 02:52:01PM

"Computer users who value their privacy should stay clear of 'social networking' websites, and should warn their friends away too, according to a distinguished Australian security professional. And for good-measure, the rash of new websites - with names apparently inspired by artificial food preservatives such as Ryze, Plaxo and Orkut - make a mockery of existing data protection legislation.

"In general, people would be well-advised firstly to stay well clear of all address-book and 'social networking systems', and secondly to prevail upon their friends, colleagues and acquaintances that they should avoid making any data about them available to service-operators like Plaxo," says Professor Roger Clarke, a visiting professor at the Australian National University."

Read the whole article at:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/02/10/avoid_friendster_and_its_clones/



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