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I'm just going to say it. I have had little difficulty finding all the linkedin profiles for employees in small companies (~100 employees.) Go to the linkedin

by baking 3y ago

I'm just going to say it. I have had little difficulty finding all the linkedin profiles for employees in small companies (~100 employees.) Go to the linkedin page for a company and click where it says the number of employees. Click on any employee with a public profile and peruse the "People also viewed" and "People you may know" columns on the right-hand side making sure to click "show more." Keep opening new tabs, rinse and repeat. For a larger company I once wrote a python script to do the same which helped with avoiding duplication. If you are stuck trying to find a profile for someone and they have a picture, do a reverse image search with the company and job title and it will usually find them. I would regard any information you put on LinkedIn as public information no matter what your privacy settings are. I use a basically new LinkedIn account for my searches.

pevey 3y ago
I work a lot with startups/small companies, but not necessarily tech savvy ones. They have a hard time understanding at first why they are so targeted with phishing attempts. Often times, leadership comes from big roles at larger companies, and they are anchored in their previous experience at big company. They don't understand why anyone would bother targeting little co. I try my best to explain why little co is actually a far more ideal target. They are hiring quickly, and unlike at a big company, it is likely that even junior new employees might expect to have some interaction with the CEO. An email supposedly from the CEO at big company would be obvious spam for most employees, but not at a startup. And the information exists to make these targeted emails believable, and IT ALL COMES FROM LINKEDIN. As soon as a new hire updated their employer to little co on LinkedIn, they would be targeted relentlessly.
- leetcrew 3y ago
  ignorant question perhaps, but what makes the CEO of a small company so much juicier a target than a senior manager or director at a large one? both could have access to sensitive info, ability to spend a lot of money before it's noticed, etc.
  - pevey 3y ago
    At any given level, people in startups tend to have more actual power/authority, with fewer or no processes or procedures already in place to slow them down. This is part of why startups are effective at building/changing things, but it's also a social engineer's dream.
Xcelerate 3y ago
> I have had little difficulty finding all the linkedin profiles for employees in small companies (~100 employees.) Go to [...] What does this approach accomplish that the search function doesn't? If I want to see all employees in a company I submit a blank search in the search bar then select the "People" tab, click on "All filters", and then specify the "Current company". From there it seems to list everyone that currently works there.
- blensor 3y ago
  I think what the parent post means is that not all actual employees of a company may be listed, but there is a good chance that employees that are listed have some connection to those people anyway
- baking 3y ago
  Usually only a portion of the employees have a name and a link, the rest will say "LinkedIn Member" with a picture (if there is one) and a job title and location.
sergiotapia 3y ago
This is why I use random usernames post tiktok social media, and random profile pictures. I also stopped using Linkedin and keeping it up to date, way too invasive!

by baking 3y ago

pevey 3y ago

I work a lot with startups/small companies, but not necessarily tech savvy ones. They have a hard time understanding at first why they are so targeted with phishing attempts. Often times, leadership comes from big roles at larger companies, and they are anchored in their previous experience at big company. They don't understand why anyone would bother targeting little co. I try my best to explain why little co is actually a far more ideal target. They are hiring quickly, and unlike at a big company, it is likely that even junior new employees might expect to have some interaction with the CEO. An email supposedly from the CEO at big company would be obvious spam for most employees, but not at a startup. And the information exists to make these targeted emails believable, and IT ALL COMES FROM LINKEDIN. As soon as a new hire updated their employer to little co on LinkedIn, they would be targeted relentlessly.

leetcrew 3y ago
ignorant question perhaps, but what makes the CEO of a small company so much juicier a target than a senior manager or director at a large one? both could have access to sensitive info, ability to spend a lot of money before it's noticed, etc.
- pevey 3y ago
  At any given level, people in startups tend to have more actual power/authority, with fewer or no processes or procedures already in place to slow them down. This is part of why startups are effective at building/changing things, but it's also a social engineer's dream.

Xcelerate 3y ago

> I have had little difficulty finding all the linkedin profiles for employees in small companies (~100 employees.) Go to [...] What does this approach accomplish that the search function doesn't? If I want to see all employees in a company I submit a blank search in the search bar then select the "People" tab, click on "All filters", and then specify the "Current company". From there it seems to list everyone that currently works there.

blensor 3y ago
I think what the parent post means is that not all actual employees of a company may be listed, but there is a good chance that employees that are listed have some connection to those people anyway
baking 3y ago
Usually only a portion of the employees have a name and a link, the rest will say "LinkedIn Member" with a picture (if there is one) and a job title and location.

sergiotapia 3y ago

This is why I use random usernames post tiktok social media, and random profile pictures. I also stopped using Linkedin and keeping it up to date, way too invasive!