Comments on: OpenID for “single-sign-on” convenience http://blog.teampatent.com/2009/03/30/clickpass-harvests-address-books/ Patent Drafting Service - Write • Share • Collaborate Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:28:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Greg http://blog.teampatent.com/2009/03/30/clickpass-harvests-address-books/#comment-44 Greg Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:28:39 +0000 http://blog.teampatent.com/?p=16#comment-44 Yup. It looks like Clickpass is a harvester. Yup. It looks like Clickpass is a harvester.

]]> By: rokahn http://blog.teampatent.com/2009/03/30/clickpass-harvests-address-books/#comment-43 rokahn Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:00:59 +0000 http://blog.teampatent.com/?p=16#comment-43 I don't think many users have noticed their address book is being harvested without any privacy policy; which is why Clickpass has been so successful. Clickpass is able to get a lot of investment for effectively harvesting social web information from many users. Less greedy services (I've been very happy so far with RPX), will grow more slowly and get edged out in the competition, unless consumer awareness grows through postings like yours. I don’t think many users have noticed their address book is being harvested without any privacy policy; which is why Clickpass has been so successful. Clickpass is able to get a lot of investment for effectively harvesting social web information from many users. Less greedy services (I’ve been very happy so far with RPX), will grow more slowly and get edged out in the competition, unless consumer awareness grows through postings like yours.

]]> By: Lenni http://blog.teampatent.com/2009/03/30/clickpass-harvests-address-books/#comment-42 Lenni Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:13:39 +0000 http://blog.teampatent.com/?p=16#comment-42 I tried to sign up to Hacker News, which uses Clickpass, today and noticed the strange request to access my Google address book. This seems very unnecessary and greedy. Why do they want *all* my addresses? This blog post seems to be the only one I could find that picked up on that. I tried to sign up to Hacker News, which uses Clickpass, today and noticed the strange request to access my Google address book. This seems very unnecessary and greedy. Why do they want *all* my addresses?

This blog post seems to be the only one I could find that picked up on that.

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