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Some examples? I can't remember any big scandals...

• RyJones 11y ago
  The only one that I can remember was the email MITM "service".
• dawhizkid 11y ago
  Really? They just settled a lawsuit for $13 million for spam: http://time.com/4062519/linkedn-spam-settlement/ http://time.com/4062519/linkedn-spam-settlement/
  • hnbrox 11y ago
    i almost wish they spammed me so i could get some free money. i don't get hardly any mail from them.
    • elbigbad 11y ago
      I don't get hardly any mail from them, either. It's several times a day "updating" me on my contacts, even after I have unsubscribed several times.
    • tgsovlerkhgsel 11y ago
      You could only get money if you managed to get your address book stolen and all your contacts spammed. $10 is very little consolation for hundreds of people you know now thinking that you are, ehrm, not smart, for giving your address book to LinkedIn, or worse, thinking you're a spammer because each of your contacts got three annoying e-mails "from you" with no opt-out button. If they had to pay even one dollar to each person they spammed, they'd probably be bankrupt.
• kyllo 11y ago
  Well, they had a security breach in 2012 that leaked 6.5 million unsalted password hashes: http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/06/6-5-million-linkedin-passwords-reportedly-leaked-linkedin-is-looking-into-it/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/06/6-5-million-linkedin-passwo... They have also been sued for stealing users' e-mail address books and spamming all their contacts with invites: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-09/23/linkedin-sued-by-users http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-09/23/linkedin-sued...