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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

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Post by TeMPOraL »

ukulele wrote: post #11

Now all LinkedIn has to do is apologize and work with regulators to make sure this never happens again... thus ensuring no future competitor will have it as easy as they did.

If someone abuses people to get ahead, the answer isn't to allow others abuse people in the same way, in the name of fairness.

Re: LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members

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Post by onetimemanytime »

antod wrote: post #82
onetimemanytime wrote: post #22

I 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?

Not sure but if I had to guess, not. They are incorporated on their own so that corp suffers the fine. Linkedin must be making over $1 billion a year...so it will bite and EU can repeat on future violations

Re: LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members

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Post by usrusr »

marksomnian wrote: post #67
civility wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I knew a guy who worked in an industry where using SSNs for identifying people was illegal. Their solution was to prefix the SSN with a leading one. Compliance.

... how is that legal? If you cannot match by SSN, surely you still cannot match by SSN-but-with-a-prefix?

Before it is tested in court, every possible shade of grey looks blazing white to a group of people who mutually reinforce optimism and punish doubt amongst themselves.

Re: LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members

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Post by koolhead17 »

DeusExMachina wrote: post #94

> What we also don’t really know here — the DPC doesn’t really address it — is where LinkedIn obtained those 18 million email addresses, and any other related data, in the first place. Well, one such source of email addresses was me. When I joined it more than 10 years ago, I was not as privacy aware as I am today. So, upon joining, I uploaded my address book to connect to people who already had a LinkedIn account. I…

I still remember how mailing lists were spammed by same invite messages. :)

Re: LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members

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Post by perfunctory »

Rjevski wrote: post #114
perfunctory wrote: post #100

Has anybody closed their LinkedIn account and do you miss it? I keep procrastinating to do it myself.

Despite all of this bullshit, LinkedIn can be a good tool for finding opportunities if used correctly. You just need to make sure your privacy settings are bulletproof and don’t give out more information than they need to.

That's the thing, I don't know if I can trust their privacy settings.

Re: LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members

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Post by vickihectora »

Do you need hackers for hire? Do you need to keep an eye on your spouse by gaining access to their emails? As a parent do you want to know what your kids do on a daily basis on social networks ( This includes facebook, twitter , instagram, whatsapp, WeChat and others to make sure they're not getting into trouble? Whatever it is, Ranging from Bank Jobs, Flipping cash, Criminal records, DMV, Taxes, Name it, he will get the job done. He's a professional hacker. lucidionysus@gmail.com .

Re: LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members

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Post by consultSKI »

wob: (waste of bandwidth) in the final analysis very, very few people really care. me included. however, too many folks want to bust amazon's chops because of what alexa might hear while awaiting the wake word. you don't even want to think about what your cell phone carrier [and to a great extent your phone manufacturer] knows about you. p.s. i personally believe this behavior has gotten much worse under linkedin's new owner.

Re: LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members

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Post by p_b_r »

DeusExMachina wrote: post #94

> What we also don’t really know here — the DPC doesn’t really address it — is where LinkedIn obtained those 18 million email addresses, and any other related data, in the first place. Well, one such source of email addresses was me. When I joined it more than 10 years ago, I was not as privacy aware as I am today. So, upon joining, I uploaded my address book to connect to people who already had a LinkedIn account. I…

I consulted there years back. Helped them relo to a new building. Dolly in one hand, network layouts in the other. After the relo was done, I transitioned to handling trouble tickets along with other consultants.

After a couple of months, our "leader" grabs me and his lieutenant for a special project. We had done a few of those before, I was up for it. We all went for a ride in one of the company vans. Which have only two seats. My job? Make sure the empty rack in the back of the van didn't fall over.

Dude didn't bother to slow down for a number of speedbumps. He let me go that same Friday.

In retrospect, it is always a stupid idea to extend too much trust, when any trust has not first been earned.

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