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Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by gpvos »

erikrothoff wrote: post #303
fingerlocks wrote: post #251

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This should be higher, above all of the mobs teething for vengeance. It’s an innocuous comparison of text input to the pasteboard to prevent unwanted autocorrect insertions.[0] Probably the same code used by TikTok too. the code and and comments are here: [0] https://github.com/linkedin/Hakawai/pull/162/commits/c3f8958...

Seeing the mob mentality surrounding this is honestly scary. All the top voted comments have pretty much decided that this is used for nefarious purposes, with absolutely zero evidence. Same goes for TikTok and the DDG favicon saga from yesterday. Whatever happened to Occam’s (edit: Meant Hanlon's) razor?

Linkedin has been doing lots of bad things before, like asking for users' email passwords. Occam's razor applies, and it's to Linkedin's disadvantage. By the way, maybe you mean Hanlon's razor (never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity).

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by Grustaf »

isignal wrote: post #218

An explanation from LinkedIn: https://twitter.com/eberger45/status/1278843576638570496 ------ Hi @DonCubed . Appreciate you raising this. We've traced this to a code path that only does an equality check between the clipboard contents and the currently typed content in a text box. We don't store or transmit the clipboard contents. ---------- An example of this is in a library we have open sourced, and you can find th…

Why would they do this check all the time, rather than just at the moment the text box contents changes?

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by sgc »

stjohnswarts wrote: post #176
foxfired wrote: post #167

One little weird trick I found is to use the browser for websites. All the limitations I found on web pages that asks me to download the app are artificial. What is reddit doing that requires an app? What is facebook doing that requires an app? There is even less reasons now to use the YouTube app.

can't use reddit enhancement suite on mobile browser. however linkedin, amazon, twitter, etc all work well enough on mobile browser.

You can use res in FF mobile.

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by unionpivo »

erikrothoff wrote: post #303
fingerlocks wrote: post #251

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This should be higher, above all of the mobs teething for vengeance. It’s an innocuous comparison of text input to the pasteboard to prevent unwanted autocorrect insertions.[0] Probably the same code used by TikTok too. the code and and comments are here: [0] https://github.com/linkedin/Hakawai/pull/162/commits/c3f8958...

Seeing the mob mentality surrounding this is honestly scary. All the top voted comments have pretty much decided that this is used for nefarious purposes, with absolutely zero evidence. Same goes for TikTok and the DDG favicon saga from yesterday. Whatever happened to Occam’s (edit: Meant Hanlon's) razor?

> Whatever happened to Occam’s razor?

The reaction from people in this thread is the result of occam's razor.

If site is caught doing shady things repeatedly over the years and then another shady thing is revealed. Most likely/simple explanation is that they are doing jet another shady thing.

Same goes for TikTok and Zoom for me.

Not sure what DDG saga you mean, i must have missed that.

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by csunbird »

StreamBright wrote: post #278
cookiengineer wrote: post #263

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We were trying to recruit via LinkedIn for our startup but soon realized what a shitty business model LinkedIn has. We had to pay around ~5,00EUR for each and every click on "Apply" to our job posting, which doesn't mean they even filled out the form. And now, where LinkedIn is full of Indian scammers (not meant in a racist way, but it is definitely perceived that way) we had costs for a "Local Area" limited job post…

Sounds like a great opportunity to build a website for job seekers and companies with a more rational business model.

I used honeypot.io before, which was a nice experience for someone seeking jobs.

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by sportsaw »

diarrhea wrote: post #305
nicbou wrote: post #277

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gmail let's you add tags to your email like firstnamelastname+linkedin@gmail.com. This is really useful for such purposes.

That is true, but is also blocked by many sites. No such thing can happen to a custom domain.

Do you have an example of a site that blocks this? I don’t use gmail anymore but used this trick for many years and wasn’t blocked once.

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by McDev »

unionpivo wrote: post #314
erikrothoff wrote: post #303

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seeing the mob mentality surrounding this is honestly scary. All the top voted comments have pretty much decided that this is used for nefarious purposes, with absolutely zero evidence. Same goes for TikTok and the DDG favicon saga from yesterday. Whatever happened to Occam’s (edit: Meant Hanlon's) razor?

> Whatever happened to Occam’s razor? The reaction from people in this thread is the result of occam's razor. If site is caught doing shady things repeatedly over the years and then another shady thing is revealed. Most likely/simple explanation is that they are doing jet another shady thing. Same goes for TikTok and Zoom for me. Not sure what DDG saga you mean, i must have missed that.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708166

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by Lio »

fingerlocks wrote: post #251
isignal wrote: post #218

An explanation from LinkedIn: https://twitter.com/eberger45/status/1278843576638570496 ------ Hi @DonCubed . Appreciate you raising this. We've traced this to a code path that only does an equality check between the clipboard contents and the currently typed content in a text box. We don't store or transmit the clipboard contents. ---------- An example of this is in a library we have open sourced, and you can find th…

This should be higher, above all of the mobs teething for vengeance. It’s an innocuous comparison of text input to the pasteboard to prevent unwanted autocorrect insertions.[0] Probably the same code used by TikTok too. the code and and comments are here: [0] https://github.com/linkedin/Hakawai/pull/162/commits/c3f8958...

LinkedIn (Microsoft) is a company that previously used man-in-the-middle techniques to move people's private emails to its servers.[1]

People no longer give them the benefit of that doubt because of the reputational damage these previous violations have caused.

They should stop making "innocent" mistakes with other people's privacy and deal with this more professionally at the highest levels.

If they don't people will continue to jump to the conclusion that this sort of activity resembles criminal behaviour.

[1] http://www.pcwelt.de/news/LinkedIn_liest_Ihre_E-Mails_mit-In...

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by NumberCruncher »

isignal wrote: post #218

An explanation from LinkedIn: https://twitter.com/eberger45/status/1278843576638570496 ------ Hi @DonCubed . Appreciate you raising this. We've traced this to a code path that only does an equality check between the clipboard contents and the currently typed content in a text box. We don't store or transmit the clipboard contents. ---------- An example of this is in a library we have open sourced, and you can find th…

> An example of this is in a library we have open sourced, and you can find the fix here

This reads for me like:

As an example of this I go to the shooting range every Friday, just for fun, as you can see it on this picture I published on FB, that's why I didn't shoot my neighbour.

He may be right, but that's not an evidence. And we are talking about a company acting like a con man since ages.

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by Lio »

McDev wrote: post #317
unionpivo wrote: post #314

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Whatever happened to Occam’s razor? The reaction from people in this thread is the result of occam's razor. If site is caught doing shady things repeatedly over the years and then another shady thing is revealed. Most likely/simple explanation is that they are doing jet another shady thing. Same goes for TikTok and Zoom for me. Not sure what DDG saga you mean, i must have missed that.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708166

LinkedIn's business model is base around surveillance.

DDG's is specifically based around providing services without surveillance.

So if DDG make a mistake I give them the benefit of the doubt because I can see it's in the their interests to fix that.

If LinkedIn make a mistake, based on previous behaviour, I assume that the mistake was getting caught and that another mistake will be announced any time now.

I don't use LinkedIn for this reason.

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