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can you elaborate about the opt-out public profiles? I never ever used Triplebyte, yet they seem to have some kind of a shadow profile of me? the only way I kn
by gingerlime 6y ago
can you elaborate about the opt-out public profiles?
I never ever used Triplebyte, yet they seem to have some kind of a shadow profile of me? the only way I know is since I saw that they shared my details with Facebook[0]
Definitely feels like —- whatever their intentions are —- they do seem to use some scummy “growth hacking” techniques with little respect to privacy.
[0] https://blog.gingerlime.com/2020/whos-sharing-my-data-and-who-the-hell-is-dave-m-rogenmoser/ https://blog.gingerlime.com/2020/whos-sharing-my-data-and-wh...
- csande17 6y agoSee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23279837 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23279837 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23303037 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23303037
- tpxl 6y agoFWIW from that thread I got the feeling that Ammon truly did not comprehend what the problem was and came back a few days later apologizing and reversing the decision.
- nbgl 6y agoSome months ago Triplebyte was planning to make every candidate’s profile public unless the candidate took action to opt out. After outcry on HN, they reversed the decision (made it opt-in) and Ammon emailed out an apology. I really don’t know the details of Triplebyte’s growth strategy—I never worked with that team.
- ammon 6y agoWe don’t have shadow profiles or anything like that
- gingerlime 6y agoThat still doesn't explain how my details were shared by TripleByte with Facebook, when I never gave my email or any details to TripleByte. I don't think I even visited your site...