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started by Hilary Reynolds on 19 Jul 07
  • Hilary Reynolds
    #1 Hilary Reynolds on 19 Jul 07
     
    Wow all these sites where I have a password! Sometimes I can't use one of my normal names (like "Loyola") and I try to use different passwords for security reasons. I can't remember them all.

    With Diigo, no problem! Bookmark them and add a private sticky with the details.
  • Daniel Gauthier
    #2 Daniel Gauthier on 19 Jul 07
     
    loyola wrote:
    > Wow all these sites where I have a password! Sometimes I can't use one of my normal names (like "Loyola") and I try to use different passwords for security reasons. I can't remember them all.
    >
    > With Diigo, no problem! Bookmark them and add a private sticky with the details.


    So long as you set your stickies default to private hé!
    There was a privacy issue with Google that should be a lesson to all.

    I like that idea loyola, very good! :)
  • Hilary Reynolds
    #3 Hilary Reynolds on 20 Jul 07
     
    You are right about the privacy issue. ))) I don't use it on anything which is intensely personal or places me at financial risk. Primarily the use is on the journal archives my University has access to and which allow a degree of personalisation such as Table of Content Alerts for which I need a profile. ;-)
    dantheman wrote:
    > loyola wrote:
    > > Wow all these sites where I have a password! Sometimes I can't use one of my normal names (like "Loyola") and I try to use different passwords for security reasons. I can't remember them all.
    > >
    > > With Diigo, no problem! Bookmark them and add a private sticky with the details.
    >
    >
    > So long as you set your stickies default to private hé!
    > There was a privacy issue with Google that should be a lesson to all.
    >
    > I like that idea loyola, very good! :)
  • Antonio Montesinos
    #4 Antonio Montesinos on 26 Jul 07
     
    dantheman wrote:

    > So long as you set your stickies default to private hé!
    > There was a privacy issue with Google that should be a lesson to all.


    What was that privacy issue about Google ??
  • Daniel Gauthier
    #5 Daniel Gauthier on 26 Jul 07
     
    antomonte wrote:
    > dantheman wrote:
    >
    > > So long as you set your stickies default to private hé!
    > > There was a privacy issue with Google that should be a lesson to all.
    >
    >
    > What was that privacy issue about Google ??

    antomonte,

    It's been a few months already, but if my memory serves me right, it was regards to the Notebook that was
    set to "public" by default instead of "private". Hence, your data was made practically readily available to their powerful search engine and thus, to any curious surfer.
  • Antonio Montesinos
    #6 Antonio Montesinos on 26 Jul 07
     
    dantheman wrote:

    > It's been a few months already, but if my memory serves me right, it was regards to the Notebook that was
    > set to "public" by default instead of "private". Hence, your data was made practically readily available to their powerful search engine and thus, to any curious surfer.

    Thanks for explaining it dantheman. I was afraid thinking it was some 'protection failure' or 'hacking attack' issues. I always trusted in Google and I want to (or would like to) continue using Google.
  • Alberto Adrián Schiano
    #7 Alberto Adrián Schiano on 11 Aug 07
     
    :) I use the Google Search Robot to find new articles about Knoppix and have received my own Diigo bookmarks several times. That is good, since that is the reason why I publish some of my bookmarks as public...
  • Wade Ren
    #8 Wade Ren on 15 Aug 07
     
    btw, you can also save user name or other private notes as private page comment.

    another use I found for diigo is to track changing stats. for example, on this page
    http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/Eric/, you see how many users mybloglog has at any given time - just look at the number of friends Eric has :)

    then you can add that number as a page comment and the next time you come around, you can see what was the number before and add the new number as a page comment again. This way you can track how the number changes over time.

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