Intrusive Technology Hits New High (low... )

999,999 privacy advocates (and Elvis fans) can't be wrong...

By Fred Mills

Millions of Internet users have recently been flooded by requests from strangers to sign up for the UNYK address book program; yours truly has been receiving them at the rate of 4 or 5 per week, and the frequency has been increasing. See below for a sample that arrived today.

Though the service is described as one that established "private address books" the UNYK privacy policy and security has been coming under scrutiny of late. It's time to strike back, luddites: return to a simpler time, when a pencil and a scrap of paper stuffed into the wallet made for a perfectly acceptable address book and phone number listing!

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Hi,

On 8/28/2009 5:10:07 AM, you were invited to join John or Jane Doe's UNYK address book so he/she would always have access to your contact info and you to his/hers.

To accept his/her request, Click here [link removed - ed.]


UNYK is a smart and simple way to manage your contacts so you never lose anyone's contact information again.

No more worrying about your contacts' info. From now on, let them do it for you. By changing their information in UNYK.com, you address book will be automatically updated. By changing your information in UNYK.com, their address book will be automatically updated.

It's so simple and it's free... Already 10 million users.