13 ms·
LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat
- Fokamul 2y agoLinkedin is worst platform, no.1 OSINT tool for spearphishing.
- threatofrain 2y agoThe alleged video in question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWIO_Ea6z4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWIO_Ea6z4o
- Scoundreller 2y agoNotDildo needs some more tuning methinks
- 13of40 2y agoNot sure I'm totally understanding here, but it sounds like LinkedIn turned on (probably AI-based) porn scanning on messages, there was a false positive, and the guy wasn't able to escalate to support. Is there an implication that it was blocked for political reasons?
- MuffinFlavored 2y agoPeople send each other porn on LinkedIn?
- BadHumans 2y agoIf a program has a messaging system, it will be used to send porn.
- chillfox 2y agoBased on the number of guys who think LinkedIn is a dating site I don't see why there wouldn't be people who think it's a porn sharing site.
- inemesitaffia 2y agoEvery site that allows commutations will be used as a dating site. Sometimes you might be identified on the site and then communicated with on another channel.
- lazide 2y agoThe only thing not used as a dating site is dating sites. Those are for prostitution. (Somewhat /s)
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- makeitdouble 2y agoActually, why wouldn't people working in porn and porn adjacent industries send porn related content to each other in DMs, totally in a professional context ?
- bigiain 2y agoWhat on earth makes you think people working in porn and porn adjacent industries behave "in a professional context" on LinkedIn, when nobody else seems to?
- pessimizer 2y agoWhat does this even mean?
- wisenull 2y agoI believe it was a joke. Nobody acts professionally on LinkedIn, therefore why would that industry stay on topic?
- lazide 2y agoPorn is bad, and clearly they should feel bad. (/s, but that is the way these things tend to go longer term!)
- fknorangesite 2y ago> send each other I imagine it's a lot more uni-directional. Where there is a messaging platform, there are unsolicited dick pics.
- duskwuff 2y agoGiven how many people are on LinkedIn, would you doubt that women on the platform sometimes get sexually harassed in DMs, e.g. by people sending them porn?
- totetsu 2y agoIt’s not porn, it’s mixed use technology. The persons decentralized LORA radio messaging platform, is another persons disaster resilience platform, is another persons hobby project, is another persons anti censorship tool, is another persons improvised frontline communications tool, is another persons counter-terrorism ai ban hammer trigger.
- kybernetyk 2y ago>It’s not porn, it’s mixed use technology. Edge/edging ... of course it's a porn flag.
- bbor 2y agoWOW that's the reason? I didn't catch that, that's both hilarious and disheartening. Dijkstra is rolling in his grave... I suppose we'll have to move from "nodes and edges" to, idk, "dots and lines", kinda like TikTok has created "unalive"?
- romwell 2y agoCan't wait to see what the almighty AI thinks about the Tits problem![1] Or the Tits group[2] (I swear, I'm not a member!). Very tempted to include Tits Alternative[3] as one of my interests on LinkedIn, but I'm afraid the result will be too predictable. Side note: The two groups that don't satisfy the Tits Alternative are very dear to my heart. Writing software to do computation in Thompson's Group and its generalizations[4] was my introduction to geometric group theory. And I ended up with Grigorchuk as my graduate advisor after learning about the Grigorchuk group. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneser%E2%80%93Tits_conjecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneser%E2%80%93Tits_conjecture [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tits_group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tits_group [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tits_alternative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tits_alternative [4] https://github.com/romwell/nvTrees https://github.com/romwell/nvTrees
- deskr 2y agoOr copper nanotubes. The classic nanotubes are made from carbon (C), called CNTs. The copper (Cu) are called CuNTs. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11433-013-5387-8 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11433-013-5387-8
- cynicalsecurity 2y agoWelcome to a brave new world of digital fascism and mass surveillance. Why does every message have to be scanned with AI? Since when WeChat behaviour has become an example for the Western social media? You don't scan all user private messages with AI, you give your users a report button which they can press if they don't like a message. Only then you can take any other measures. That's is.
- KetoManx64 2y agoHow is Microsoft going to train their new AI models without using all your chats as part of the training data though? If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product.. And LinkedIn is "free" as in beer.
- psychoslave 2y agoRather free as super salted bretzel and drinks are available to buy, tightly tied to the only store still running in the global town: we may never have to subscribe for a paid account, but LinkedIn clearly is pushing for many features only available if we pay. As wage slaves, of course we are products right from the start. So on that side at least it conceptually aligns that we are LinkedIn products.
- anitil 2y ago> Why does every message have to be scanned with AI? To answer this question honestly - I would assume that the service owners don't want to get pulled in front of a congressional inquiry about why their service isn't doing anything to prevent the distribution of child abuse material.
- bitcharmer 2y agoI agree with you but please don't throw the term fascism left and right to refer to things you disagree with. The word's meaning is already twisted and diluted to the point of uselessness. I grew up in a communist regime and can assure you tyranical censorship is not exclusive to fascism nor its sole defining part.
- 2y ago
- imglorp 2y agoSo what's the implication here? Is Microsoft/LI unhappy about Ukraine content? Mesh content? Mesh in Ukraine? Or did the TOS bot have a false positive?
- kybernetyk 2y agoI think the culprit is "edge" and not some Kremlin takeover of the flagging AI
- zero-sharp 2y agoI've always wondered about this. What happens if one of the big tech companies makes a mistake and closes your account? LinkedIn is pretty important nowadays when searching for work. Would you be able to make a new account? If not, that seems like a pretty big deal. Same concern with your email, or any of the other big services that we usually depend on. If I just suddenly lost my gmail, I would probably lose access to external accounts and other important data, which could be crippling.
- bsder 2y ago> What happens if one of the big tech companies makes a mistake and closes your account? LinkedIn is pretty important nowadays when searching for work. Would you be able to make a new account? If not, that seems like a pretty big deal. You are screwed, and it is a big deal. However, until some ambulance chaser manages to corral the affected people into a class action lawsuit and win, there will be no change. > Same concern with your email This one is straightforward--have your own domain. Download everything such that you can change provider if they stomp you.
- AStonesThrow 2y agoWhat if your domain registrar is the one to cut you off? What if AWS or some cloud provider kills your self-hosted VPS? What if your ISP or mobile phone provider does it? So many fragile layers to our indispensable digital lives; we all walk on eggshells. I'm paranoid about backups and redundancy, but I'd be devastated by a single lockout.
- kevin_thibedeau 2y agoThis is precisely what would have happened if Apple had gotten away with their distributed image hashing scheme. Only in that case the falsely accused would be sent immediately through the justice system and forced to spend a fortune to defend themselves on the assumption that they were hiding the evidence.
- scblock 2y agoCitation needed.
- ketzo 2y agoThe NYT published a very well-reported case (two cases, actually) of Google doing this more than two years ago. This is not a hypothetical -- this is already happening. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveil...
- alexey-salmin 2y agoA possibility of loosing access to a 20 years old Google account is quite disturbing. I know it's possible to setup a sync of Google drive to a local NAS, I wonder if the same can be done with Gmail archives. Then there's a problem of loosing access to all linked accounts on other services. What can be done about those, switching them to Proton mail.preemptively? Life without SSO is annoying.
- calgoo 2y agoYou can setup a forwarder that sends the email to another account, or just use a sync / download script/app.
- dotancohen 2y agoI personally access my Gmail account through Thunderbird. My entire history, dating to April 2004, is in there.
- Woshiwuja 2y agoI had an error stopping me from commenting anything for months, decide to message support, they say "idk bro some more info?" and the error went away. I kinda suspect they knew the info already
- baq 2y agoSometimes the mere act of support looking at your account triggers backend sanity checks and automated fixes which only exist in the support tool. Low chance but with millions of users you might have been a lucky one.
- rnts08 2y agoWe absolutely need a better platform for professional networking. A platform that's not filled with people who dislocate their shoulders trying to pat themselves on the back for some "inspirational" social media babble about the last time they managed to send an email.
- mandmandam 2y agoGod it really is heinous. However, I don't think it's a consequence of the platform, but of work culture. People are like that because it works, and it works because we're deep, deep into a headlong rush toward annihilation in the name of profit. The people profiting from destroying every public good - peace, pollution-free air and water and soil, housing, healthcare, etc etc - own basically everything. Our politicians, our media, our military. It's been this way for a long time. Speaking up against this isn't what most people want to hear. It's uncomfortable - and a distraction from short-term survival. There are no easy answers. It's not a message you'll ever hear amplified on corporate media, and it doesn't fit well into a soundbite or tweet. There's an ocean of subtle and not-so-subtle messaging across every type of media telling you not to look behind the curtain. There are very real consequences for doing so in a way that gets peoples attention. LinkedIn rewards superficiality over substance because our society does, workplace culture especially so. Professional posturing is a byproduct of a system that commodifies everything: even authenticity, even revolution. Essentially, our 'hearts and minds' have been hacked, in every possible way. That said, if you have any good ideas on how a different platform could change that I'd love to hear them.
- consumerx 2y agolol, another good marketing campaign for Meshtastic and FOSS communications.
- kleiba 2y ago> We detected that your message don't comply with our Professional Community Policies Speaking of professional, haven't they got a grammar checker at LinkedIn?
- lionkor 2y agoIt just don't comply, Mr. White, yo. There ain't nothin I can do, yo.
- numberless 2y agoI wonder what would happen if I sent a link to a video about the reticulum network stack on LinkedIn...
- aaron695 2y ago[dead]
- nickdothutton 2y ago5 AM. On my treadmill. Sipping on my favorite plant-based, gut-friendly health drink. As I kickstart my day, I'm reminded how a healthy, thriving "ecosystem" is essential – both for me and the little people in my organization. Just like gut bacteria keep everything in balance, it's the insignificant little people and their micro-moments of trust, support, and empowerment that help our team thrive. In People Operations, it's not just about strategy – it's about ensuring that every single person (yes, even the smallest gear in the machine!) feels valued, appreciated, and happy. When their needs are met, the whole system runs smoother. Grateful for every, single, one of you who makes this place what it is. The work you do, no matter how big or small, keeps us all moving forward!! #Leadership #PeopleOperations #GutHealth #HealthyTeams #ThrivingEmployees
- black_puppydog 2y agoGreat... now I need a shower. :(
- phito 2y agoWhy do "leadership" people love to use hashtags so much? No one else does that anymore. It's so boomerish.
- noobermin 2y agoMissed opportunity to insert a sde joke in there. Yes it's bad form to like the humorous posts but HN is rather drab as of late.
- Terr_ 2y agoFor a moment I thought that was the lead-in to: "The Hustle" [0] [0] https://youtube.com/watch?v=_o7qjN3KF8U https://youtube.com/watch?v=_o7qjN3KF8U
- LelouBil 2y agoSince the LinkedIn flag was about a falsely flagged video as "adult content", I'm not sure if the GitHub thing is related. Has anyone been banned from LinkedIn and from other microsoft-owned services at the same times ? It seems improbable.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- philipwhiuk 2y agoClearly the video was a false flagging. > I have primary account (linked in my profile about) to my real name and thought it would be cool to have my open source project as account name on LinkedIn. And if I recall, I've seen similar approaches from others. This is not how you're supposed to use LinkedIn. Your Open Source project is an organisation, not an account. I highly suspect the ToS says you can't have more than one account.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- mrweasel 2y agoHow is the Signal thing related? There seems to be an indication that getting banned on LinkedIn will prevent you from signing up to Signal. I don't think it was intended to be read as such but language is really weird: > But tried to install Signal couple of days later from App store. And you guess the rest. No, no I did not guess that getting banned on LinkedIn would prevent you from signing in to Signal. I can see Microsoft using some system across their sites, which would affect your Github account, if you're blocked or banned on LinkedIn. It would be a pretty excessive, but I can imagine such a system. As to how Signal is involved I have no idea.
- heraldgeezer 2y agoLinkedIN is not the platform for DMs really. Thank god there are more suitable platforms.