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Why would they be uncomfortable having their LinkedIn found by any method? Forgive me for sounding obtuse, but I just don’t know what the point of having a Link
by intopieces 8y ago
Why would they be uncomfortable having their LinkedIn found by any method? Forgive me for sounding obtuse, but I just don’t know what the point of having a LinkedIn would be otherwise. It’s essentially a placeholder that says, “I exist and am employed in such and such industry and at so and so company.” It consists of information I would voluntarily give anyone who asked, sitting next to me on an airplane, standing in line for coffee... What malicious deeds should I be worried about being done based on someone finding my information on LinkedIn?
- dontbenebby 8y ago>Why would they be uncomfortable having their LinkedIn found by any method? Harassment. How would you feel if you broke off a conversation on Tinder and someone moved over to LinkedIn to harass you? That's a real world example that has happened to female friends of mine. Even if you use a different phone number, email, and photo, just first name + city alone can be enough to find someone on LinkedIn if you know what they look like. Social networks cause context collapse: we live in multiple spheres, but technology allows those streams to cross, and the result is often unpleasant.
- intopieces 8y agoI get that other people have risk factors that I don’t. Are these risks not mitigated by the privacy settings on LinkedIn? Full disclosure: I checked my privacy settings on LinkedIn and disabled some features I no longer value. Thanks for reminding me.