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[ivyblossom]

Big long rambling post on the way, but in lieu of that, some words from starkeymonster you will want to read if you ever friends-lock your posts. The topic? A new online service called frienditto.

Let's say I'm on your friends list and for whatever reason I decide to archive a post you have friends-locked. I can go to Frienditto, give them my LJ username and password, and the URL of your flocked post. Frienditto then signs in to LJ with my username and password, retrieves the friends-locked post, and publicly posts it on the Frienditto archive. And you would never know who did the archiving.

Does this spell the end of all those sooper sekrit ljs? The plot thickens!

Comments

[zedmeister.livejournal.com]

Personally, I don't understand why anyone would consider giving away their user name and password (to a site not affiliated with LJ in any way) just for a chance to expose someone's locked post in public. Is it really worth the loss of your *own* privacy?

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

well, it doesn't seem to record passwords. You just give the database temporary access. I can so imagine a million scenarios where people will feel fatally tempted to use this. Think fandom_wank.

[rinkori.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I thought when I first saw this. "Fandom_wank will explode!"

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Oh so totally. If this had been around a couple of years ago...oh man. I can't even imagine the wankitude of the wank.

[boniblithe.livejournal.com]

It seems to be pwned by the folks who run LJDrama, so basically the same ilk as fandom_wank (only less kind).

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

I guess it was just a matter of time until someone thought to do it.

[boniblithe.livejournal.com]

BTW I am mailing you an article about technology which I think you will find interesting.

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Well, thank you very much!

I wondered why you didn't just tell me this on AIM, but then noticed that I didn't have it open. Ha!

[february-sea.livejournal.com]

only less kind

*boggles*

[darkeyedwolf.livejournal.com]

You also have the option of changing your password after you archive an entry, so there's really no risk.