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But at what cost? I get a job today, fine. But then the company that found me the job is pressured to monetize better. Then what do they do? To whom do they sel
by glesica 14y ago
But at what cost? I get a job today, fine. But then the company that found me the job is pressured to monetize better. Then what do they do? To whom do they sell my data or something based on my data in a way that I do not necessarily approve of?
I generally don't like things tied in to my social networks. This is not because I don't think they are useful, it is because I don't have long-term trust in the companies doing them.
- muyuu 14y agoThinking like this and having a profile in LinkedIn seem incompatible, for several reasons. In any case, by closing API access LinkedIn is not making nefarious use of your data impossible, only a bit harder. In fact, it's almost guaranteed that most 3rd party use of your profile data will be nefarious now, since they have to violate the ToS to get it in the first place.
- glesica 14y agoI'm not worried about criminals though. I'm worried about legitimate businesses that will do things I object to. The criminals will do what they want, and I have remedies available to me in case I am victimized. But if some over-zealous startup with an API key screws me over, there's nothing I can do about it assuming they didn't violate any of the LinkedIn rules (and almost nothing even if they did, since LinkedIn would be the party that was wronged).
- muyuu 14y agoFor you nothing has changed then. This change doesn't benefit you in the slightest.