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Beware of the proliferation of "social" sites.Â Most are not what they seem.

Typing In an E-Mail Address, and Giving Up Your Friendsâ€™ as Well
By ALINA TUGEND
Some consumers find that their contact list gets mined and used after they provide certain e-mail information to some Web sites.

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Leah Christensen Jun 20, 2009, 10:02am UTC

I have a few e-mail addresses and different names I use, so I can track the idiots who do this.

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Chuck Larlham Jun 20, 2009, 10:13am UTC

This is my ONLY active social networking site (Iunless you count QuitNet). I'm here because Luvly Dotter invited me directly. I have no interest in sending my e-mail all over the place.

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kathleen w. Jun 20, 2009, 11:22am UTC

Thats why I am afraid of doing sweepstakes..I do some survey sights, but sweeps gotta wonder if they make their money for prize by selling your email address?

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Paula C. Jun 20, 2009, 1:13pm UTC

I'm really careful about signing up for anything on the internet.

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Leah A. Jul 29, 2009, 9:07pm UTC

Thanks for the warning. I don't belong to many social networking sites, but I'm careful of the information I give out.

Thank you for submitting this to my group Computers and More.

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