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LinkedIn doesn't even pretend to have any sense of privacy.
Neither does Facebook.
Unfortunately, both do pretend.
LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members
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#82I thought US had discovered and was thinking, here come the "crippling 1.2 million fine" :) but maybe EU will make them think twice. 2%-4% of their revenue does send a message.
Aren't some of those GDPR fines based on the parent companies revenue too?
Re: LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members
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Re: LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members
#84I am 99% sure LinkedIN used my IP address to match with my second floor neighbor, despite their claims that they would never use IP address as a connection data point. I was sharing my wifi for a brief period with my neighbors on the second floor. My neighbor had a new room mate. The guy was from another country. He didn't work in the same industry I do. I didn't have any of his contact information anywhere on any of…
That's creepy. Different topic: I think the biggest connection business is whatsapp. If a person does not use whatsapp but a friend of that person does, whatsapp knows the person's phone number anyway. If >= 2 whatsapp users have that person's phone number stored with the same name in the contact list, whatsapp even knows the person's name (and other information). With that information they can accurately identify the person's facebook profile. Horror!
Re: LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members
#85LinkedIn is one of the worse dark-pattern based business out there. Their whole business model is based on making connections between people, however unwanted they are. They use any means necessary to get your contact list and abuse it to spam your contacts with dubious marketing ploys and unverifiable claims (someone looked you up! you're missing on new jobs opportunities!). Liars. I've resisted creating an account…
I feel like they are getting better after the MS acquisition, or maybe I have just dealt with most of their dark pattern dialogues and don't see them anymore
Re: LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members
#86LinkedIn is one of the worse dark-pattern based business out there. Their whole business model is based on making connections between people, however unwanted they are. They use any means necessary to get your contact list and abuse it to spam your contacts with dubious marketing ploys and unverifiable claims (someone looked you up! you're missing on new jobs opportunities!). Liars. I've resisted creating an account…
Reminds me of that mobile popup I always get that tells me to download their mobile app when I'm viewing Linkedin on a mobile phone and I can't move on unless I press something.
Indeed using redreader help though, plus it feels faster.
Re: LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members
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Reminds me of that mobile popup I always get that tells me to download their mobile app when I'm viewing Linkedin on a mobile phone and I can't move on unless I press something.
Reddit is almost unusable on mobile browsers because of this.
You can turn off the app spam from the menu, at least if you have an account. Seems to work pretty well.
Re: LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members
#88LinkedIn is one of the worse dark-pattern based business out there. Their whole business model is based on making connections between people, however unwanted they are. They use any means necessary to get your contact list and abuse it to spam your contacts with dubious marketing ploys and unverifiable claims (someone looked you up! you're missing on new jobs opportunities!). Liars. I've resisted creating an account…
Given that they have been owned by Microsoft for quite some time, how much of their current practice is learned vs inherited? If the latter, why would Microsoft allow this practice to go on?
For a few reasons:
It takes time to go through all user stories in such a big application. Imagine rewriting all unit tests.
When you take over a big operation, you usually don't want to rock the boat more than you are already doing.
Re: LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members
#89accurate description of LinkedIn by Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick https://youtu.be/xmo8-Bh98fw?t=270
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Reddit is almost unusable on mobile browsers because of this.
You can use https://old.reddit.com .
Or https://i.reddit.com for a faster mobile view.