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Cancelling LinkedIn is super easy. I have a procmail entry that cans any mail from LinkedIn; I don’t have an account with them; and I have an entry in my hosts

Cancelling LinkedIn is super easy. I have a procmail entry that cans any mail from LinkedIn; I don’t have an account with them; and I have an entry in my hosts file that removes them from the internet for me. But your story is disturbing. How might it have happened, technically speaking?

srswtf123 6y ago
I don’t know the technical details; I simply walked away in disgust. But: I imagine since I had valid login credentials, and they were likely cached in a cookie, well, seems like they harvested cookies and went hog wild? Tbh, its things like this that Have prompted me to leave the industry entirely. My personal take is that there are very few ethical people in C-level positions, and hence most companies are entirely unethical. YMMV
- _underfl0w_ 6y ago
  Survival of the fittest != survival of the friendliest. If it takes a lack of empathy to get ahead, those without empathy will be ahead where possible. Won't win you many friends, but why fraternize when you can delegate and enjoy the credit?
  - srswtf123 6y ago
    I agree with you. I’m poorly adapted to our society — which I suppose is ok because I think our society is deeply ill.
    - revscat 6y ago
      The decreasing amount of birdsong gives credence.
    - oblio 6y ago
      Society has always been "deeply ill". People who think otherwise should read up on history. This is just how we are, with the good and the bad.
- Shared404 6y ago
  > Tbh, its things like this that Have prompted me to leave the industry entirely. What did you go to, if you don't mind my asking? I'm not in the industry yet, but I'm looking at it. However, I agree with you on there being very few ethical companies and am looking for alternative careers.
bongoman37 6y ago
The problem with that is in places like India if you don't have LinkedIn you may not exist professionally. HR and recruiters will breezily say you dont need to send a resume, we will just copy from your LinkedIn profile.
- madengr 6y ago
  That’s interesting, as my wife’s former boss, who is likely a psychopath, and from India, had no Linked In profile. Actually no history whatsoever on the internet, which is strange for a C level job in data science. Of course if you job hop every 2 years leaving a path of destruction, I’d not want a history either.

srswtf123 6y ago

I don’t know the technical details; I simply walked away in disgust. But: I imagine since I had valid login credentials, and they were likely cached in a cookie, well, seems like they harvested cookies and went hog wild? Tbh, its things like this that Have prompted me to leave the industry entirely. My personal take is that there are very few ethical people in C-level positions, and hence most companies are entirely unethical. YMMV

_underfl0w_ 6y ago
Survival of the fittest != survival of the friendliest. If it takes a lack of empathy to get ahead, those without empathy will be ahead where possible. Won't win you many friends, but why fraternize when you can delegate and enjoy the credit?
- srswtf123 6y ago
  I agree with you. I’m poorly adapted to our society — which I suppose is ok because I think our society is deeply ill.
  - revscat 6y ago
    The decreasing amount of birdsong gives credence.
  - oblio 6y ago
    Society has always been "deeply ill". People who think otherwise should read up on history. This is just how we are, with the good and the bad.
Shared404 6y ago
> Tbh, its things like this that Have prompted me to leave the industry entirely. What did you go to, if you don't mind my asking? I'm not in the industry yet, but I'm looking at it. However, I agree with you on there being very few ethical companies and am looking for alternative careers.

bongoman37 6y ago

The problem with that is in places like India if you don't have LinkedIn you may not exist professionally. HR and recruiters will breezily say you dont need to send a resume, we will just copy from your LinkedIn profile.

madengr 6y ago
That’s interesting, as my wife’s former boss, who is likely a psychopath, and from India, had no Linked In profile. Actually no history whatsoever on the internet, which is strange for a C level job in data science. Of course if you job hop every 2 years leaving a path of destruction, I’d not want a history either.