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I don't understand why trusting LI with all your email is worse than trusting Google with all your email. Sure, if you do it for your corporate email, you may
by mlinsey 13y ago
I don't understand why trusting LI with all your email is worse than trusting Google with all your email.
Sure, if you do it for your corporate email, you may be violating the rules of your employer, but that's between you and your employer, and not enough reason to keep others from using an amazingly useful service for their own personal email.
Lost in all this discussion is just how awesome Rapportive is - the desktop gmail version has concretely and significantly changed my life for the better, and that's not hyperbole. Being able to research people without leaving my inbox has saved hours of time in my life, made my communications with those people more effective, and prevented me from making at least a couple serious errors.
All that is worth the added risk, especially for my personal email. Curious: does everyone in this thread have equal outrage for those widgets that log into your email clients so that you can invite your friends?
- scott_karana 13y agoLinkedIn has a pretty poor history because of their SHA1 "encrypted" password leak. They also have numerous business practices that I find shady. Passing your email through them offers yet another conflict of interest.
- SideburnsOfDoom 13y ago> I don't understand why trusting LI with all your email is worse than trusting Google with all your email. This is like trusting LI and Google with all your email. trusting any 2 parties with your email is less secure than trusting 1 party with it. This increases when only 1 of them is in the business of providing email. What is the other party's interest, and does this conflict with your trust?
- driverdan 13y ago> Curious: does everyone in this thread have equal outrage for those widgets that log into your email clients so that you can invite your friends? Yes, there has been much rage against that type of service on HN.