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Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by namelessoracle »

aaaaaaaaata wrote: post #172
codetrotter wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> in the spy movie sense It’s not just in the movies. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/a-closer-look-at-the-lap... > Microsoft says LAPSUS$ — which it boringly calls “DEV-0537” — mostly gains illicit access to targets via “social engineering.” This involves bribing or tricking employees at the target organization or at its myriad partners, such as customer support call centers and help desks. > “Microsoft found in…

Recruited employees? Or people they unknowingly hired? Small distinction?

It's not a small distinction. An organization deliberately trying to inject an asset into your company to do X or Y is a different problem to solve than an existing employee who was coopted. And the co opted case has a different problem in one motivated by gain vs one motivated by threats agains them.

Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by soSadm4n »

aspectmin wrote: post #43

I recommend filing a report with the Microsoft Security Response Center, especially in light that a malicious party may now have information on you, and as people below pointed out there may be (1) risk of Doxing, and/or (2) there are some suggestions that Microsoft (LinkedIn) employees may be compromised. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc (Report an Issue)

I recommend we let LinkedIn implode under the weight of useless spam and indifferent ownership.

Network directly with engineers where they spend time online. Not recruiters in purpose built HR portals.

Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by yojo »

93po wrote: post #187
yojo wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure if this is in good faith or not, but escalating through an internal contact is going to skip a couple layers of support at minimum, and reduce the chance of a misunderstanding. Also potentially some people in CS might be in on whatever is going on. If you were being snarky, it seems like this LinkedIn employee is trying to do the right thing. They probably don’t run support/there’s no reason to take cheap sh…

It's not a cheap shot. It's snarky but accurate commentary on the abysmal state of customer support and how absolutely worthless it is

It felt unfair to the employee offering to help. They (probably) have no control over LinkedIn customer support.

It looked like trying to scoring internet points at the expense of the person offering help.

Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by dorfsmay »

ge96 wrote: post #179
dorfsmay wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would you consider a connection from somebody you have not worked with?

Yeah it's a good question, most of mine are direct or recruiters. You have someone with "franchise" in their title, guess what... you get pitched a franchise. Idk what I was thinking. edit: part of it in my rationale is "being nice" but yeah I mostly use LinkedIn to get a job

Recruiters typically have pro memberships meaning they can message you directly without being connected to you.

Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by trinsic2 »

LewisVerstappen wrote: post #33
na4ma4 wrote: post #17

I wonder if more those accounts have pro and can see you viewed them recently, probably multiple accounts are owned by the same groups so when they get a report on a bunch of posts they simple map "who looked at both profiles".

They don't even need LinkedIn Pro btw, they just have to turn Private Mode off. If you let other people see that you viewed their profile then LinkedIn will let you see who viewed your profile. So yeah your theory seems most likely unless OP had Private Mode turned on for his profile (then they wouldn't be able to see that he saw their profile regardless of whether or not they have LinkedIn Pro).

I left LinkedIn years ago when I realized they were co-opting my ability to link to external articles by creating there own framework to attempt to get all their users to post updates strictly on there own platform.

This Linux journal article talks about how we are losing our freedom of expression and one of these areas are the war on hyperlinks: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/whats-our-next-fight

Support social networking sites that don't try to lock you into there ecosystem by making communication less free.

Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by ge96 »

dorfsmay wrote: post #194
ge96 wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah it's a good question, most of mine are direct or recruiters. You have someone with "franchise" in their title, guess what... you get pitched a franchise. Idk what I was thinking. edit: part of it in my rationale is "being nice" but yeah I mostly use LinkedIn to get a job

Recruiters typically have pro memberships meaning they can message you directly without being connected to you.

Yeah I mean I'm not searching for them, they're asking to connect to me

edit: ratio is about 25% recruiters

was interesting though I recently accepted a new role and out of the 30+ talks in a month about 95%+ were LinkedIn. The conversion for me was 10% actual interview phase, then where I actually got a job was Hired. -- some jobs wrong tech or I was not qualified for

Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by bombcar »

93po wrote: post #187
yojo wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure if this is in good faith or not, but escalating through an internal contact is going to skip a couple layers of support at minimum, and reduce the chance of a misunderstanding. Also potentially some people in CS might be in on whatever is going on. If you were being snarky, it seems like this LinkedIn employee is trying to do the right thing. They probably don’t run support/there’s no reason to take cheap sh…

It's not a cheap shot. It's snarky but accurate commentary on the abysmal state of customer support and how absolutely worthless it is

Anyone who has worked front-line customer support knows why all the roadblocks are in place; it's a massive firehose of absolute junk 90% of the time.

Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by toma_caliente »

soSadm4n wrote: post #192
aspectmin wrote: post #43

I recommend filing a report with the Microsoft Security Response Center, especially in light that a malicious party may now have information on you, and as people below pointed out there may be (1) risk of Doxing, and/or (2) there are some suggestions that Microsoft (LinkedIn) employees may be compromised. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc (Report an Issue)

I recommend we let LinkedIn implode under the weight of useless spam and indifferent ownership. Network directly with engineers where they spend time online. Not recruiters in purpose built HR portals.

> Network directly with engineers where they spend time online

Where would that be? I wouldn't recommend HN for networking purposes.

Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by trinsic2 »

dwt204 wrote: post #155
ospzfmbbzr wrote: post #141

As a former longtime LI pro user and LI user at launch... I'm not surprised. LI loves spam and they have no intention of really doing anything about it. I refused to keep paying for such a low quality service. This has not negatively affected my consulting networking or revenues at all. Good riddance. It can go in the trash with FB.

After reading all of this, it might be time for me to wean myself from LI, so any tips you may have would be great. I run a small pro bono (sometime contracts) for apprenticeships and workforce development in disadvantaged working class and BIPOC communities. Revenue not so much as the networking is the thing that seems to be my biggest challenge without LI

I left linkedin for all the shady things they are doing, see my previous comment for more information: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31762904#31767463.

I rely mostly on my my website for marketing and some twitter. I write articles in my field that focus on topics that are not well covered, but important. When I create relevant content, google picks it up.

It sounds like your field relies a lot on word of mouth, so maybe you can get your audience to talk about subjects that are important, by breaching topics that are a concern for your audience.

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