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Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

#101
post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Alternatively, it's a warning to employees on how they might get caught.

Once again for those in the back, never use your employer's equipment or network for anything you don't want them to see!

Insidious problems are things like sync (Google Chrome favourites, Dropbox etc.).

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

#102
post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Alternatively, it's a warning to employees on how they might get caught.

Once again for those in the back, never use your employer's equipment or network for anything you don't want them to see!

Refer to your work laptop as your “girlfriend”.

(SV reference)

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

#103
post #72
post #56

I just attempted to look at the reviews. There's an uncloseable pop-up telling you to log in. Normally I wouldn't bother, but curiousity got the best of me - I logged in with my Google OAuth. Not so fast - you haven't contributed to Glassdoor in the last 12 months, here's another annoying pop up and you cannot dismiss it until you do. Does anyone actually bother to use this dark pattern infused service?

There needs to be a non-profit version of this without all the desperate bullshit.

What chance would said non-profit have of surviving a lawsuit like this?

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

#104
post #35

Once had a contract where my client wanted me to do "security work", which was initially meant to be for pentesting their clients, but it turned into me building their wifi auth system. At some point in the gig, one of their clients went to them asking them if it was possible to de-anonymize someone glassdoor review since someone still-employed worked with them. They then went to me to see if I could do it for them.…

It might be possible to do linguistic analysis (ie. What they did to catch the Unabomber) to compare the language they used in the review vs how someone usually write in things like performance reviews, manager evaluations, emails, etc

Write your review, machine translate it into Mandarin, translate it back to English, and run it through a leet speak text filter

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

#105
post #35

Once had a contract where my client wanted me to do "security work", which was initially meant to be for pentesting their clients, but it turned into me building their wifi auth system. At some point in the gig, one of their clients went to them asking them if it was possible to de-anonymize someone glassdoor review since someone still-employed worked with them. They then went to me to see if I could do it for them.…

Also sounds like they had no idea what they were doing, since instead of missing with the Wi-Fi, SOP would have been to MITM SSL/TLS on the office firewall (trusting company root CA on all company equipment) and log everything.

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

#106
post #15

> Zuru hasn't simply alleged that it suffered a loss; Zuru’s cofounders declared, under penalty of perjury, that because of the negative reviews, Zuru had to spend more money to recruit job candidates for a particular position. ” Does Zuru have proof it's because of negative reviews and not other causes?

Their proof (or lack thereof) would generally be evaluated at the trial stage. This is a pre-trial procedure, so it's mostly take at face value. If another party so moves, they could ask the court to stop the plaintiff, and the judge will make a decision. But that's not automatic--somebody has to specifically ask for it.

You're right, but this is still a very funny sentence that only a lawyer could take seriously. "Zuru didn't just allege it, they DECLARED it!"

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

#107
post #72
post #56

I just attempted to look at the reviews. There's an uncloseable pop-up telling you to log in. Normally I wouldn't bother, but curiousity got the best of me - I logged in with my Google OAuth. Not so fast - you haven't contributed to Glassdoor in the last 12 months, here's another annoying pop up and you cannot dismiss it until you do. Does anyone actually bother to use this dark pattern infused service?

There needs to be a non-profit version of this without all the desperate bullshit.

Where “this” also refers to Facebook, Twitter, Medium, Quora, Uber, Reddit etc.....

Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

#109
post #70

Contact us page for Zuru Toys. I just sent them a short message explaining that previously I was not aware of their company but now this issue is the only thing that I know about them and it is not a good look. https://zurutoys.co/contact/

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Re: Glassdoor not so anonymous

#110
post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Does Glassdoor actually have any business operations or webservers in NZ that are subject to this order? The court order itself is from a california court. They can't just tell that court to fuck off.

But why is a US court telling Glassdoor to do something because of a New Zealand law?

It’s a great question. I don’t know the answer, but I have a sneaking suspicion. Something something Kim Dotcom? There must be some treaty…
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