Readers,
This isn’t really so much spanking-related as privacy-related, but since most of you would like to keep your spanking lives private, this may be advice you could use. I’m going to keep this simple for those of you with short attention spans:
Never send or receive ‘kinky’ email from/to your work-associated email address.
Why?
One word : LinkedIn.
Did any of you know that the above site is kind enough to send out a ‘join me on linkedin’ email to everyone on your email contacts list?
And did you know that I’ve received HUNDREDS of ‘join me on linkedin’ email invites over the past few years? From people from all different walks of life and a myriad of assorted professions, from CEO’s to carpenters to choir directors. All I’d have to do is click ‘accept’ and there you’d be, with your professional-looking linkedin profile, and little ol’ me showing up as your newest ‘contact’. Dana Kane – Professional Disciplinarian.
How many of you would really like me on your public list of business associates? Hmm……? Or how about any of the other folks you may or may not have emailed at 2am while perusing adult videos and maybe emailing someone you shouldn’t have? (I’m just saying…)
As much as I’d love to yell it from the rooftops that you’re all my closest and bestest spanko friends, I think it’s about time some of you pay a bit more attention to what goes where and to whom in the digital age. That is, if you care at all about keeping your secrets to yourself.
With love and concern for your common sense,
– Dana
Thanks for posting this, Dana. I’m guessing that a lot of the requests are due to how the LinkedIn app for the smartphone can interact with Gmail (not exclusively the cause, but it’s a combination to be especially wary of).
If you Google “linkedin android app accessing email contacts”, for example, you’ll come across a number of results explaining what the LinkedIn app is doing.
Thanks for the added info, BT. Hopefully everyone will heed the warning.