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My assumption was that it was an intelligence platform first. Just like Skype, Microsoft decided to randomly buy it. It amazing really. If you reached out to people and asked them for the information and graph that LinkedIn maintains, most employers would fire them.
> My assumption was that it was an intelligence platform first. What do you mean by "intelligence platform"?
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#92Re: I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over
#93A good reminder of how things actually work, but the article could use some more balancing… > Let that sink in. You scanned your European passport for a European professional network, and your data went exclusively to North American companies. Not a single EU-based subprocessor in the chain. LinkedIn is an American product. The EU has had 20 years to create an equally successful and popular product, which it failed t…
That response reeks of astonishing arrogance. It doesn’t surprise me that nearly 50% of Americans voted for Donald Trump he perfectly embodies that mindset. Do you genuinely believe you are superior to the rest of the world? What you call “innovation” or a “better product” is often nothing more than the creation of dominant market positions through massive, capital deployment, followed by straightforward rent extract…
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#94Aside from their AI-slopped newsfeed (F@#$!!!) which should have died long ago, this is atrocious. "Enshittification" was created just for this. Sorry, I got sidetracked.
Isn't there anyone from LinkedIn here??
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#95As a European citizen I hope it becomes law to have this data processed in the EU rather than the US.
I’m so tired of all these covert ops run by these businesses. They aren’t going to stop until there is a heavy price to pay.
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#96Re: I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over
#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
That response reeks of astonishing arrogance. It doesn’t surprise me that nearly 50% of Americans voted for Donald Trump he perfectly embodies that mindset. Do you genuinely believe you are superior to the rest of the world? What you call “innovation” or a “better product” is often nothing more than the creation of dominant market positions through massive, capital deployment, followed by straightforward rent extract…
Maybe 30% of Americans voted for Donald Trump. This response reeks of ignorance and hubris. > Do you genuinely believe you are superior to the rest of the world? This assertion wasn't made, in any way, by the person you're replying to, and it sounds as though it's being asked in anger. This entire conversation has been about data privacy and stewardship. The OP has pointed out, correctly, that there's nothing that ha…
If you don't vote, you don't count.
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
That response reeks of astonishing arrogance. It doesn’t surprise me that nearly 50% of Americans voted for Donald Trump he perfectly embodies that mindset. Do you genuinely believe you are superior to the rest of the world? What you call “innovation” or a “better product” is often nothing more than the creation of dominant market positions through massive, capital deployment, followed by straightforward rent extract…
Maybe 30% of Americans voted for Donald Trump. This response reeks of ignorance and hubris. > Do you genuinely believe you are superior to the rest of the world? This assertion wasn't made, in any way, by the person you're replying to, and it sounds as though it's being asked in anger. This entire conversation has been about data privacy and stewardship. The OP has pointed out, correctly, that there's nothing that ha…
Regardless of the fact that LinkedIn is an American company, it is required to comply with the GDPR when operating within the European Union. I am not a lawyer, but I don't believe that there is evidence of full compliance here.
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#99Re: I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over
#100I gave in and verified. Persona was the vendor then too. Their web app required me to look straight forward into my camera, then turn my head to the left and right. To me it felt like a blatant data collection scheme rather than something that is providing security. I couldn't find anyone talking about this online at the time.
I ended up finding a job through my Linkedin network that I don't think I could have found any other way. I don't know if it was worth getting "verified".
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Related: something else that I find weird. After the Linkedin verification incident, my family went to Europe. When we returned to the US, the immigration agent had my wife and I look into a web cam, then he greeted my wife and I by name without handling our passports. He had to ask for the passport of our 7 month old son. They clearly have some kind of photo recognition software. Where did they get the data for that? I am not enrolled in Global Entry nor TSA PreCheck. I doubt my passport photo alone is enough data for photo recognition.