LinkedIn + DataPortability = love a passion!

Yesterday, a friend of mine decided to conduct a practical experiment, to find contacts of a stranger from a small city. The experiment was carried out for the sake of interest, all that was known from the very beginning is the name, surname and city of residence.
For information retrieval were used: Yandex and Vkontakte . As a result, having spent a little more than 3 hours, the goal was successfully achieved, the home and mobile phone number was received. Separately, it is worth mentioning that a person practically does not use the Internet, and even more so is not registered in social networks. The conclusion suggests the following, the level of Internet penetration in Russia has reached such a level that any person having applied a certain persistence can find you, whether you are connected to the Matrix or not. The line of no return is passed.




Today came the news is very relevant: LinkedIn announced its joining the initiative DataPortability . Together with Facebook and LiveJournal, the organizers expect to develop a set of recommendations and related tools to ensure the safe transfer of personal data between web services. The fact is that now, when registering with various online services, Internet users are forced to create documents again and again describing their hobbies, interests, circle of friends, and so on. As a result, similar in essence documents can be found on websites. In addition, repeating each other photos, videos and other materials accumulate in personal accounts.