Comments on: If you use Gmail, I have your Xoopit Invitation

By: Ralf

Ralf — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:45:39 +0000

Thanks for the invitation!

By: fabien

fabien — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:38:06 +0000

i just want to tanks you for the invitation

Fabien

By: Jane Blumenthal

Jane Blumenthal — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:54:49 +0000

Thanks for the pointer. Seems like a useful application – somewhat like Xobni.

By: Andre Vellino

Andre Vellino — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:53:10 +0000

I made the mistake of giving my gmail password to Facebook (to import my friends list) and lived to regret it. Whatever happened to OpenID (http://openid.net/)?

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:02:15 +0000

yeah – i had this feeling, too. It’s not designed for security – not very happy about it. but still I did it and it’s very handy.

By: Marie Ascher

Marie Ascher — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:46:48 +0000

Thanks. I think I’m going to love Xoopit!

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:47:08 +0000

Congratulations on the new baby! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!

I always enjoy your helpful and interesting posts but I agree with Blud above.

It seems sometimes people need even less than a carrot to do all kind of weird things…

By: Blud

Blud — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:12:41 +0000

It is an interesting commentary on the evolution of trust on the internet that an unknown startup providing a “free” service with no immediately understandable business model can ask you point-blank for your email login and password, and many people will hand it over without a second thought.

And yet people are still leery of providing simply their email address on a registration form for fear of getting spam.