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Correction - plaxo doesn't return passwords to us it returns email 
addresses! ;-)

oooops.
Edward Ross wrote:
> Interesting article, thanks for forwarding that. I think we're not 
> guilty because:
> 1. We allow direct import through csv (as exported from MS Outlook for 
> example). The Plaxo import is an option for users who already have their 
> contacts aggregated there.
> 2. We don't read the plaxo password - the user gives the plaxo password 
> to the plaxo pop-up, which returns only the passwords to us.  Its 
> possible plaxo might ask for passwords for other services - but we don't.
> 
> Tim Beadle wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Edward Ross <underscore at rosstech.biz> wrote:
>>>  By the way, you can also upload all your existing contacts from csv file
>>>  or through plaxo, to allow all your current contacts to come through.
>> You're not doing the Password Anti-pattern in your interface with
>> Plaxo, are you?
>> http://adactio.com/journal/1357
>>
>> Tim
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