[Sigia-l] Social Networks and Social Responsibility [was] Tagged: Malicious Social Network

[Livia Labate]

> I saw this and thought, it's pretty crazy that a purportedly legitimate
> site would ask for the password to your email account.  But then I got
> an invite to Facebook, checked it out and found I'd have to give
> Facebook my email password too, just to see who else is already there!

Maybe I'm missing something, but I dont' think neither of these sites 
(good or bad) are asking the password to your email. they are asking you 
for the password to login to the site. If you don't already have it (aka 
if you never created an account), then you are asked to create an account.