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in a similar area, it absolutely pains me to see the amount of personal information demanded by online job applications. realistically how hard would it be for
by permo-w 3y ago
in a similar area, it absolutely pains me to see the amount of personal information demanded by online job applications. realistically how hard would it be for me to set up a fake job listing on Indeed and just hoover up highly valuable PII? you could even take it further with personality tests, IQ scores, RATs, etc.
if you were a foreign power wanting to gather data on defence programmers, for blackmail, corruption, surveillance etc, why wouldn't you do this?
- wutwutwat 3y agoI've been personally dealing with this exact thing. And it doesn't help that linkedin is a shit show of fake companies and job postings that seem to be doing exactly what you said, phishing for PII. Like, why the fuck is a job application asking me for my address? It's a remote job, the absolute most you would ever need is my city. There's a lot of companies that think I'm the very lucky resident at 123 Main St :) The day a job application asks for my SSN is the day I quit tech for good and go work for cash only under the table
- permo-w 3y agoI had an interview with a recruiter recently where I asked them about their data protection practices and they put the phone down on me