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Re: LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia

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Post by tobltobs »

optimuspaul wrote: post #27
cr0sh wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder if there is any requirement that the data be readable? I mean, you could store it in encrypted format, but keep the keys outside of Russia...

it would be foolish to not encrypt the data at rest and probably just as silly to keep the keys in the same location.

This is from another article [1] about the “Yarovaya package":

> Finally, any online service (including social networks, email, or messaging services) that uses encrypted data is now required to permit the Federal Security Service (FSB) to access and read their services’ encrypted communications, including providing any encryption keys.

It is not clear from this article also if you can encrpyt the user data and keep the key. But I guess that wouldn't be along of the spirit of this law.

[1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/russia-asks-impossible...

Re: LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia

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Post by Scea91 »

AlwaysRock wrote: post #30

It still blows my mind that people are on linkedin. If you are not a recruiter/hiring manager it's only real purpose (that I can see) is to be a boasting board for achievements and a easy to ignore place to receive recruiting emails. Does anyone get any other value out of it?

I got lots of interesting offers from linkedin. Also I didn't have to bother to write my CV in years, because I can just link anyone to my up to date linkedin profile.

Re: LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia

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Post by FT_intern »

jasonkostempski wrote: post #32
pfarnsworth wrote: post #16

Honestly, if LinkedIn disappeared today worldwide, I wouldn't miss it one second. It's really more of a chore than anything else. When you're looking for a job, or looking to recruit, it's helpful, but they haven't made the case of general everyday use, and I doubt they ever will.

Last month I had to spend an hour making sure someone hadn't opened a LinkedIn account under my 8 year olds name after his aunt asked us why LinkedIn is suggesting she connect with him. Turned out she had his iCloud email in her contacts because she FaceTimes with him. LinkedIn thought it was OK to use her contact list to make it appear like he had an account there. The bastards found a way to waste my time even thou…

I assume that LinkedIn has made deals with third party social networks to get the creepy connection suggestions. I'm curious how much $$$ is involved

Re: LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia

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Post by mrweasel »

htaunay wrote: post #29
pfarnsworth wrote: post #16

Honestly, if LinkedIn disappeared today worldwide, I wouldn't miss it one second. It's really more of a chore than anything else. When you're looking for a job, or looking to recruit, it's helpful, but they haven't made the case of general everyday use, and I doubt they ever will.

Really? Three of my last five jobs came from Linked-in. I find it very convenient to have offers come-in out of the blue, only having to pay the cost of tweaking my profile once a year, and occasionally skimming/deleting random recruiter messages. I see it as being open to opportunities. Usually, I would only look for a job when: 1) Unemployed, or 2) Unsatisfied at my current position. In both cases I would be motiva…

Until last month I was in the "LinkedIn is irrelevant"-camp. Then I got the best job offer of my career from a company that does consulting from one of former employer. They don't want to steal people from customers, but when I finally got around update my LinkedIn profile I was contacted three hours later.

Without LinkedIn I would never have gotten the offer, because my new employer would have had no chance of knowing that I no longer work for one of their customers.

Re: LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia

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Post by andreiw »

hal9000xp wrote: post #45

As a Russian citizen, I used LinkedIn heavily to find jobs in Europe (along with stackoverflow.com/jobs). I keep a lot of contacts there (e.g. former colleagues and European recruiters, some of them are very helpful). I found it's alarming that LinkedIn is blocked in Russia. Blocking LinkedIn significantly reduces chances to find a job in Europe. But I expected that since I watched closely on new laws restricting int…

The great thing about guys like you is your astounding hypocrisy, the chutzpah with which you claim authority to represent Russians, and disdain for the "unwashed masses". If literally any other government introduced similar legislation to protect citizen data, it would be considered progressive and relevant to the times we live in. In Russia? "Nasty kremlin bastards". The sheer gall to consider that your own interpretation of anything must be absolute, and that everyone opposed are the "dumb masses". And your ridiculous pandering to the clearly superior western way of life...how could these untermenschen not want to learn English??!

Yeah, do get rid of your citizenship indeed, and don't let the door hit you on the way out. Hopefully then you can fully embrace your new homeland and use the time constructively to gripe and moan about whatever future impedance mismatch between reality and your wishful thinking.

Re: LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia

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Post by jwtadvice »

hal9000xp wrote: post #45

As a Russian citizen, I used LinkedIn heavily to find jobs in Europe (along with stackoverflow.com/jobs). I keep a lot of contacts there (e.g. former colleagues and European recruiters, some of them are very helpful). I found it's alarming that LinkedIn is blocked in Russia. Blocking LinkedIn significantly reduces chances to find a job in Europe. But I expected that since I watched closely on new laws restricting int…

> The real motivation is that the Kremlin loves to spy on its own citizens. And they already did that for a long time.

This doesn't prevent or help Russia from spying on its own citizens.

I get that you are anxious. But the traffic that travels from your computer to servers outside of Russia is just as easy to spy on for Russian intelligence services as the case where the servers are located inside the country.

It does, however, make it more difficult for the US to spy on Russian citizens, which it has been caught trying to do.

Re: LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia

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Post by jwtadvice »

EugeneOZ wrote: post #21

Please block as many services as possible in Russia, it will motivate our people to change government (by force, maybe) faster.

Similarly, please continue to leak as many illegal activities of the United States government as possible, it will motivate our people to change government (by force, maybe) faster.

Re: LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia

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Post by vladimir-y »

hal9000xp wrote: post #45

As a Russian citizen, I used LinkedIn heavily to find jobs in Europe (along with stackoverflow.com/jobs). I keep a lot of contacts there (e.g. former colleagues and European recruiters, some of them are very helpful). I found it's alarming that LinkedIn is blocked in Russia. Blocking LinkedIn significantly reduces chances to find a job in Europe. But I expected that since I watched closely on new laws restricting int…

You can easily get VPN and continue to use Linkedin if you need to.

> Kremlin loves to spy on its own citizens. And they already did that for a long time.

Most of the governments do love to spy on its own citizens, for obvious reasons.

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