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Sorry, this is off topic, but I would really like to read the article but it asks me to create a linkedIn account to read it and I am not comfortable with that.

Sorry, this is off topic, but I would really like to read the article but it asks me to create a linkedIn account to read it and I am not comfortable with that. Is that the only way to read it?

robin_reala 9y ago
I don’t have a LinkedIn account (and my email address is in their blacklist) yet I was able to read it OK?
- y0ghur7_xxx 9y ago
  I don't know. It redirects me to https://www.linkedin.com/authwall?trk=bf&trkInfo=AQH_V0VMQlsQWwAAAWI0GwnQkikFevm0oWV5fgjniYjdZzKfOCSiBIdHwbtz5jaAJnIGDBU2bhmgDrOoDip-nXu1s0ZX4Pigd_qIkcBIqxXcIOlkxNAMBODg3WBtguOQhk_ghJ4=&originalReferer=https://news.ycombinator.com/&sessionRedirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fpulse%2Fnightmare-letter-subject-access-request-under-gdpr-karbaliotis%2F https://www.linkedin.com/authwall?trk=bf&trkInfo=AQH_V0VMQls...
  - drewmol 9y ago
    I was gonna ask the same, Linkedin's authwall seems more difficult to circumvent than the news paywalls I encounter. It would be unfortunate to have to create a dummy account. If I do, I'll send them a copy of this letter ;-)
- xab9 9y ago
  Linkedin allows you to watch "some" content, but will show a loginwall later on. It's not cookie based afaik, I couldn't catch a sensible logic there. I'm on a job hunt cycle so I had to log in and use it in the past month many times and to me it's just as offensive and aggressive as facebook nowdays. I avoid it like the plague if possible.
gls2ro 9y ago
Here is a direct link to a website with this letter: https://constantk.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/the-nightmare-letter-a-subject-access-request-under-gdpr/ https://constantk.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/the-nightmare-let...
- y0ghur7_xxx 9y ago
  Thank you.
jenscow 9y ago
I found it ironic, this type of "article" being on LinkedIn - possibly the most sleaziest site, after Facebook, in terms of personal data capture.
technion 9y ago
I logged on to read this and got hit with a live chat from someone spruiking an ICO. I think this recent trend of using LinkedIn to post blogs really needs to be reconsidered.

Sorry, this is off topic, but I would really like to read the article but it asks me to create a linkedIn account to read it and I am not comfortable with that. Is that the only way to read it?

robin_reala 9y ago

I don’t have a LinkedIn account (and my email address is in their blacklist) yet I was able to read it OK?

y0ghur7_xxx 9y ago
I don't know. It redirects me to https://www.linkedin.com/authwall?trk=bf&trkInfo=AQH_V0VMQlsQWwAAAWI0GwnQkikFevm0oWV5fgjniYjdZzKfOCSiBIdHwbtz5jaAJnIGDBU2bhmgDrOoDip-nXu1s0ZX4Pigd_qIkcBIqxXcIOlkxNAMBODg3WBtguOQhk_ghJ4=&originalReferer=https://news.ycombinator.com/&sessionRedirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fpulse%2Fnightmare-letter-subject-access-request-under-gdpr-karbaliotis%2F https://www.linkedin.com/authwall?trk=bf&trkInfo=AQH_V0VMQls...
- drewmol 9y ago
  I was gonna ask the same, Linkedin's authwall seems more difficult to circumvent than the news paywalls I encounter. It would be unfortunate to have to create a dummy account. If I do, I'll send them a copy of this letter ;-)
xab9 9y ago
Linkedin allows you to watch "some" content, but will show a loginwall later on. It's not cookie based afaik, I couldn't catch a sensible logic there. I'm on a job hunt cycle so I had to log in and use it in the past month many times and to me it's just as offensive and aggressive as facebook nowdays. I avoid it like the plague if possible.

gls2ro 9y ago

Here is a direct link to a website with this letter: https://constantk.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/the-nightmare-letter-a-subject-access-request-under-gdpr/ https://constantk.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/the-nightmare-let...

y0ghur7_xxx 9y ago
Thank you.

jenscow 9y ago

I found it ironic, this type of "article" being on LinkedIn - possibly the most sleaziest site, after Facebook, in terms of personal data capture.

technion 9y ago

I logged on to read this and got hit with a live chat from someone spruiking an ICO. I think this recent trend of using LinkedIn to post blogs really needs to be reconsidered.