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What worries me most about this LinkedIn breach is that somehow, some way, they showed my email address. Not once in my life do I recall ever setting up a Link
by jrnichols 10y ago
What worries me most about this LinkedIn breach is that somehow, some way, they showed my email address.
Not once in my life do I recall ever setting up a LinkedIn account. Ever. But somehow, I have one. :/
- itsnotlupus 10y agoI think I remember a time where LinkedIn was getting a bit of flack for their practice of "encouraging" new users to share their address books with them, which would mean that, at best, LinkedIn could create "ghost" accounts seeded with relationships and waiting to be claimed, and at worst, sending not-entirely-wanted emails pimping their service to one's entire address book.
- TwoBit 10y agoWhat kind of password did it have for you?
- jrnichols 10y agoI have no idea. I had to go through their password reset hoops to even get in and figure out what was going on and to make sure that it was actually my account. It was, fortunately... or at least one that I had control over. My worry was that someone had made a fake linkedin account.