I’m going to stop referring to these apps as copying the clipboard, and use the proper and accurate terminology: ‘keylogger’
LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke
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Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke
#222Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not LinkedIn; Microsoft. We should blame the real owner. Maybe they'll pay more attention if these practices become tied to their overall brand.
The acquisition was 4 years ago, almost to the day: you're right, it's time to blame the real owner.
Skype used to rock before they were acquired
Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke
#223Why do all these social sites do things like this? They know that someone is going to find out eventually. I guess they just don't care if they get caught.
Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke
#224LinkedIn has a history of acting like a cretin: multiple data breaches, dark patterns where they don't fix their buggy mobile site and just put up a disclaimer "problems with the mobile site - download our app" (just so that they can harvest a wider range of data). I managed many marketing campaigns on Linkedin over the years and spent thousands each month on the platform as a corporate user. If you think that paying…
I got my current (very well-paid) gig from a cold call from my LinkedIn account. That said, I agree with your view. I feel like taking a shower after each monthly login.
Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke
#225LinkedIn has a history of acting like a cretin: multiple data breaches, dark patterns where they don't fix their buggy mobile site and just put up a disclaimer "problems with the mobile site - download our app" (just so that they can harvest a wider range of data). I managed many marketing campaigns on Linkedin over the years and spent thousands each month on the platform as a corporate user. If you think that paying…
I've actually gotten my current job and just received an offer from a FAANG due to LinkedIn cold calls. I can't speak to dark patterns, but saying the service has no value is disingenuous.
Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke
#226LinkedIn has a history of acting like a cretin: multiple data breaches, dark patterns where they don't fix their buggy mobile site and just put up a disclaimer "problems with the mobile site - download our app" (just so that they can harvest a wider range of data). I managed many marketing campaigns on Linkedin over the years and spent thousands each month on the platform as a corporate user. If you think that paying…
I've actually gotten my current job and just received an offer from a FAANG due to LinkedIn cold calls. I can't speak to dark patterns, but saying the service has no value is disingenuous.
Indeed. In dollar terms it’s provided the most value of any service I’ve ever used.
Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke
#227LinkedIn has a history of acting like a cretin: multiple data breaches, dark patterns where they don't fix their buggy mobile site and just put up a disclaimer "problems with the mobile site - download our app" (just so that they can harvest a wider range of data). I managed many marketing campaigns on Linkedin over the years and spent thousands each month on the platform as a corporate user. If you think that paying…
I mean I've definitely been contacted by FAANG companies out of no where and got interviews through that.
I interviewed with all the FAANGs except Netflix over the last 5 months through internal recruiter contacts on LI.
Probably half the interviews I’ve had over the past decade have come from LI, and I think at least 4 or so jobs (including my last and most recent) started there.
It was largely useless in the aughts for me, but not lately.
Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke
#228One of my hobbies is looking at url strings with GET key/value pairs. Programmers must forget that they're visible to users. LinkedIn has a search workflow that shows "origin=TYPEAHEAD_ESCAPE_HATCH" which I've always found humorous.
> Programmers must forget that they're visible to users. GET parameters aren't usually visible to users; with the deemphasis of the URL bar, you'd have to have an incredibly short URL for that to even be a possbility. Right now I'm looking at https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=23717577&goto=item%3Fi ....... That's one visible parameter. There's PLENTY OF SPACE for firefox to show the rest of the URL, but it won't;…
> That's one visible parameter. There's PLENTY OF SPACE for firefox to show the rest of the URL, but it won't; instead, a bunch of icons are unhelpfully crammed into the same horizontal layout.
Right click on the "crammed" icon area, pick "customize", and then you can drag and drop the icons crammed into the space into another bar (or out of the UI entirely if they are icons for things you never use), which should then recover much of the lost space.
Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke
#229Earlier quoted context omitted.
The clipboard is controlled by the OS. When you 'paste' the OS sends the contents to the app. There is no need for an app to have access to the clipboard.
I'm curious - have you ever actually looked into how clipboards work across various OSes? Because programmatic clipboard access is the norm pretty much across the board.
It doesn't have to be though. Especially on a platform that only has one UI toolkit, controlled by the vendor.
Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke
#230why are you surprised ? Did you pay for the service in the first place ? Then everything you do in their site is valuable. You are the product