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> That said, the CIA stuff is presumably fake, given the huge amount of fake personas curated in LinkedIn over the decades for all kinds of nefarious purposes.
by jwestbury 3y ago
> That said, the CIA stuff is presumably fake, given the huge amount of fake personas curated in LinkedIn over the decades for all kinds of nefarious purposes.
Plenty of people have open employment with the CIA. They likely need to get specific approval to post that on LinkedIn, but I guarantee many of them are real.
Source: Previously held TS/SCI clearance at an intelligence contractor. (I don't recommend cleared work, though, and I've been out of that world for years, thank God.)
- erosenbe0 3y agoIf you have open employment at the CIA it is a semi-public record. All of the usual things apply like employment verification and creditors or family courts tracking down paychecks for garnishments. I have no idea what the social media policy is though.
- jruohonen 3y agoSure: plenty of people all around the world are quite open with their work on agencies, which I think is a good thing as such. I am just saying that this openness probably then implies that the whole LinkedIn is at the databases of GRU/SVR, MSS/MPS/UFWD, cyber criminals, and whatnot. Thus: On one hand, I cannot say whether that matters; CVs and such are probably worthy of being public for most people. On the other hand, identity theft is an ever-increasing menace. As for fake personas in LinkedIn, there has been quite a lot of academic research on this topic. Though, like in social media, the ratio of real/fake is difficult to contemplate.
- mikeyouse 3y agoThere were some fun examples of CIA or NSA folks getting approval to post their roles on LinkedIn - but then adding far too much detail to their profile which exposed previously-unknown intelligence programs. From one talk when it became public in 2015; https://youtu.be/xipI-0HU010?t=371 https://youtu.be/xipI-0HU010?t=371