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LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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"you use that word to draw connection to identitarian slurs which are inherently wrong" you are reading into this too much, slur is often used as a word for a general insult.

Doesn't make a lot of sense to me to respond to 'I don't want to deal with their bureaucrats' with 'You do realize that's an insult, right?'. Yeah, he realizes, he is clearly trying to be insulting. It's only an insult because of that intent, in fact. A lot more sensible if the intent is to suggest that the word ought not be used because it is an insult beyond what is acceptable in polite society, which is the much m…

His point, I assume, was that many people insulting beurocrats think that those are somehow seperate from the people they elected i.e. it's not some unidentifiable blob responsible for these things but the person /you/ voted for. At least that's my charitable interpretation.

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Oh I LOVE this, we can't have enough of these privacy-focused non-profits making tech companies' lives difficult. They have such a strong argument here, too. I can imagine that whoever came up with this is very pleased with theirselves, and rightfully so.

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Please don't post national/regional slurs to HN. I agree that it's different when you're part of the group, but from a moderation point of view the effect on the threads ends up being bad anyway.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Love it, the article referring to a statement by a LinkedIn spokesperson: "The first part of that statement is false, as you can see from the screenshot above. Given the obvious untrustworthiness of that half of the statement, we didn't bother wasting any time trying to evaluate the second part."

But the statement wasn't false, was it? I'm not a paying member of LinkedIn, and I can see who visited my profile.

What you have is the ability to see every 5th person who entered your house.

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Yeah but the opponents of the people literally believe democracy is bad and want to go back to monarchism in the form of unaccountable CEO kings that decide the will of the people. Sadly this is like half the tech workforce too. People too brainwashed to see how destructive their work is to the world.

I believe it is up to the other half to stand up for decency, for democracy and for the rule of law. Don't be quiet, don't just let things happen. Use your voice while you still have it!

I am actively working on several senate and congressional campaigns, believe me that these people want to actively imprison some of these CEOs for the destruction they wrought upon the world too. These stump speeches tend to get the crowds most riled up too. :D

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Nobody's holding a gun to your head, you're welcome to setup shop in the most anarchist society you can find. Good luck with whatever version of "operating" you're able to manage while there :)

Why would I move to London?

Despite Brexit propaganda, the UK still has bureaucrats and regulation. Try again :)

Edit: in case this was an attempted swipe at me, I'm not British, btw ;)

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Love it, the article referring to a statement by a LinkedIn spokesperson: "The first part of that statement is false, as you can see from the screenshot above. Given the obvious untrustworthiness of that half of the statement, we didn't bother wasting any time trying to evaluate the second part."

Seriously, this is what I miss the most in legacy media. Much too often "journalists" will simply relay politicians' statements uncritically, when they're obviously fallacious or straight lies. This is very refreshing on The Register's part.

Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe it is up to the other half to stand up for decency, for democracy and for the rule of law. Don't be quiet, don't just let things happen. Use your voice while you still have it!

I am actively working on several senate and congressional campaigns, believe me that these people want to actively imprison some of these CEOs for the destruction they wrought upon the world too. These stump speeches tend to get the crowds most riled up too. :D

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Re: LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb

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Not sure I follow the logic. The list of profiles I visit feels like it’s my data, not the owners of target profile. By that logic can I GDPR chrome for the browsing history of anyone who has visited my site? IANAL but I thought GDPR is about getting a copy of your data, not others.

Going by that logic, they shouldn't be selling your data to their premium users. Either way, LinkedIn is on the wrong footing.

I believe GDPR says you can access a copy of data they store about you, not that they can't sell it.
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