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linkedIn was suggesting people that were using the same wifi network as I was. I thought this was spooky — I could see more info about my hotel guests than they
by clumsysmurf 8y ago
linkedIn was suggesting people that were using the same wifi network as I was. I thought this was spooky — I could see more info about my hotel guests than they probably realized.
- synaesthesisx 8y agoThey most certainly do. In fact, they're worse than Facebook in many areas - particularly in their blatant disregard for privacy.
- Foobar8568 8y agoLinkedIn definitely uses same IP address to suggest connections. My wife as suggested connection really stood up in this way for many reasons (profile recently created, a few connections from the other side of the world and in a totally different industry).
- jobigoud 8y agoBut you probably have your wife in your contacts.
- Foobar8568 8y agoSo it would be even worse, they would need to retrieve a phone number in some way and match that. I don't register email contacts anywhere, and I am not using the LinkedIn app. I would say that I have seen similar things at work/work location (consultant). Seeing people with no shared contacts among the first ones in the suggested list. Until then I though it was related to 2nd or 3rd level of linkage.