Comments on: Private Del.icio.us Bookmarklet Not So Private

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 09:51:39 +0000

If private bookmarks are really important to you, you might like to try http://www.BlinkList.com. We fully support both private and public bookmarks. Mike

By: Alex Bosworth

Alex Bosworth — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:18:19 +0000

My problem with allowing you to be able to delete private bookmarks is that I have no idea if you actually own the account, so being able to delete private bookmarks would mean that anyone could delete them.

Of course they would need to know the exact URL and user who bookmarked something, so maybe it’s ok.

I have published the source now under gpl, so if you want to run your own private bookmarking service or build this feature in and send it to me ;) you can.

By: Lucanos

Lucanos — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 08:26:47 +0000

An additional problem with the “private.bookmarks” workaround is that you are not able to delete bookmarks created through this service.

For some reason del.icio.us allows people to send you links, but doesn’t let you (the reciever) remove the “for:XXX” tag from the listing.

Kind of like letting people send you emails, but not letting you delete them from your inbox…

By: Danny Dawson

Danny Dawson — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 01:02:57 +0000

or pretty soon del.icio.us will ship real private bookmarks.

And that, sir, I eagerly await.

By: Alex Bosworth

Alex Bosworth — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:36:07 +0000

del.icio.us robots.txt disallows search engines, but your point is still taken.

only WHO posted them is private, not the fact that the URL exists.

If you want really private bookmarks, there is an encrypted bookmark thing floating around, or pretty soon del.icio.us will ship real private bookmarks.