I've been doing more and more sniffing around through all of the articles that people are publishing and I'm sort of shocked at how quickly people are chasing the money, and not considering the downstream consequences.

Sure, it may just be more Viagra mail--hey, who couldn't use a cheap supplier, right?

But what if it's more than that?

What also ticks me off a bit is that if LinkedIn did this--modified their terms as such, there would be an outcry akin to that of the Facebook Beacon debacle.

However, the instant you slurp your LinkedIn profile, you're potentially letting NotchUp slurp up the privacy and respect LinkedIn gave you.

Seems a little unfair; I'd much rather let LinkedIn make a dime off of me just for being what they are.

Of course, the good thing from this could be that people pick up on the TOS/Privacy issue (which is NOT the same as SECURITY) and people start to become more self-aware with every Viagra mail they receive.

I wrote a bit more at: http://www.userglue.com/blog/2008/01/27/notchup-privacy-down/