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Do you have a reference with more information on that?
by StrauXX 8mo ago
Do you have a reference with more information on that?
- genghisjahn 8mo agoThey used a legit google oauth but with broad rights. They did pull the contact and repeatedly spam them as personal emails. There were lawsuits.
- dijit 8mo agoOn HN itself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14277202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14277202 Confirmed 5 years later in media; https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-09-20/linkedin-customers-say-company-hacked-their-e-mail-address-books https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-09-20/linkedin-...
- lossyalgo 8mo agoIt's all documented on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn#Criticism_and_controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn#Criticism_and_controv...