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Post by rrook »

register wrote: post #193
Saline9515 wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why can't the EU deploy capital? Regulation doesn't create better products, more aggressive marketing techniques, or deeply entrepreneurial mindsets which favor innovation and growth. While OP is quite aggressive here, there is a nugget of truth: innovation doesn't happen because "we have the best lawyers" or "the best regulations". Maybe some self-criticism would be warranted to solve the problem. Also nothing force…

Here's another JD Vance who doesn't understand what international rules are and justifies that with (lack of) innovation Below you can find the relevant GDPR excerpt. But before that, let me add to the coment below that US companies only comply with what EU institutions can enforce and what suits them; which is normal, since China does the same. Well, it couldn’t have been said better: in fact, we’re beginning to vie…

You’d be well served to stop the political name calling, it’s childish.

I view the dynamic from the opposite direction. You might think that that the EU is starting to view America the same way it views china, but in actuality the EU is starting to behave more like China. The wheels of a great firewall for the EU have been turning for some time already.

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Post by wat10000 »

afh1 wrote: post #227

>The legal basis? Not consent. You read and agreed with the terms explicitly stating the data would be used to do those things, and it was not at all necessary for you to do that. What else do you want? It seems like consent isn't the issue. You just don't like what this company does, and still volunteer your data for them to do just that. Now you regret it and write a blog post? One thing is to be tricked or misled,…

The plans were on file in a disused lavatory with a sign in the door saying Beware of the Leopard.

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Post by hliyan »

Here's what I found the most frightenting:

> Hesitation detection — they tracked whether I paused during the process

> They use uploaded images of identity documents — that’s my passport — to train their AI.

> Persona’s Terms of Service cap their liability at $50 USD.

> They also include mandatory binding arbitration — no court, no jury, no class action.

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Post by bachmeier »

barbazoo wrote: post #213
bachmeier wrote: post #207

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a good example of why it's insane that nobody at Mozilla cares that they hire CEOs that have only a LinkedIn page. If you want to visit the website of the Mozilla CEO, you have to create an account and log in. No big deal if it's a CEO of a plastics manufacturing company, but when the mission is fighting against the behavior of companies like LinkedIn, it makes me wonder why Mozilla exists.

It’s hard to be perfect.

Yes, in the same way it's hard for Tim Cook to not run his company on Windows 11.

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Post by mkl95 »

bachmeier wrote: post #207
ColinWright wrote: post #20

I used to have a LinkedIn account, a long time ago. To register I created an email address that was unique to LinkedIn, and pretty much unguessable ... certainly not amenable to a dictionary attack. I ended up deciding that I was getting no value from the account, and I heard unpleasant things about the company, so I deleted the account. Within hours I started to get spam to that unique email address. It would be int…

This is a good example of why it's insane that nobody at Mozilla cares that they hire CEOs that have only a LinkedIn page. If you want to visit the website of the Mozilla CEO, you have to create an account and log in. No big deal if it's a CEO of a plastics manufacturing company, but when the mission is fighting against the behavior of companies like LinkedIn, it makes me wonder why Mozilla exists.

The CEO role at Mozilla is unstable. Even if Mozilla didn't require a LinkedIn page, chances are their CEOs would have an up to date account. Also, Mozilla's ARR is mostly their Google partnership.

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Post by p-e-w »

SilverElfin wrote: post #233
afh1 wrote: post #227

>The legal basis? Not consent. You read and agreed with the terms explicitly stating the data would be used to do those things, and it was not at all necessary for you to do that. What else do you want? It seems like consent isn't the issue. You just don't like what this company does, and still volunteer your data for them to do just that. Now you regret it and write a blog post? One thing is to be tricked or misled,…

> no one forcing you to do it This is where I disagree. You basically have to use LinkedIn to participate in today’s job market. These large platforms that are protected by network effects should be highly regulated so they cannot abuse your privacy and rights.

Most privacy issues with today’s technology industry are caused by companies behaving like private service providers, when in practice they are somewhere between public utilities and government agencies in terms of their necessity and inevitability.

In many companies, you don’t need to bother applying without a LinkedIn profile. You’re not even going to be considered for a position, full stop.

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Post by wolvoleo »

glitchc wrote: post #237
wolvoleo wrote: post #200

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They renewed every contract, but the French government is hard at work at replacements for Microsoft stuff, called 'la suite'. The Germans are doing the same under the name 'opendesk' and the suite shares a lot of common tools in fact. This predates Trump II by the way, they did have more foresight than a lot of EU institutions. Things have changed for sure but big ships take long to turn.

This is sabre rattling and everyone knows it. A municipality in Germany already tried switching to open source. They're back on Office and Sharepoint.

This is a lot bigger than one municipality. And with the Munich thing there was a lot of dodgy lobbying going on. Like Microsoft suddenly moving their HQ there. Then a new mayor came in that was suddenly all pro-Microsoft.

La suite is a lot bigger than that. And parts are actually being used already. They recently started using the meeting component called visio.

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Post by post-it »

Keekgette wrote: post #209
ColinWright wrote: post #20

I used to have a LinkedIn account, a long time ago. To register I created an email address that was unique to LinkedIn, and pretty much unguessable ... certainly not amenable to a dictionary attack. I ended up deciding that I was getting no value from the account, and I heard unpleasant things about the company, so I deleted the account. Within hours I started to get spam to that unique email address. It would be int…

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> Nobody needs these narcisstic, BS spewing pseudo-networking places.

I mean I got my last job through LinkedIn. I'm currently interviewing at a few places, half of which came from LinkedIn. So I personally clearly do need LinkedIn, unless you want to hire me.

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Post by ibejoeb »

SilverElfin wrote: post #238
luxpir wrote: post #29

I really appreciate this write-up. Was forced to verify to get access to a new account. Like, an interstitial page that forced verification before even basic access. Brief context for that: was being granted a salesnav licence, but to my work address with no account attached to it. Plus I had an existing salesnav trial underway on main account and didn't want to give access to that work. So I reluctantly verified wit…

Let’s not forget Persona is linked to Peter Thiel. When Thiel and his friends support the government snatching citizens off the streets, there is unacceptable risk with forcing job seekers and the like to create accounts on LinkedIn.

>Thiel and his friends support the government snatching citizens off the streets

What's the story here?

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