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It seems that this person doesn't understand the difference between getting permission and tricking the user. If the users also felt that they gave permission,
by lawnchair_larry 13y ago
It seems that this person doesn't understand the difference between getting permission and tricking the user. If the users also felt that they gave permission, there would not be a lawsuit.
- droithomme 13y agoI agree. For those who understand what is really going on with this issue, Linked In's response here is infuriating lies and doublespeak that assumes the reader is either uninformed or ignorant.
- HNLogInShit 13y agoAnd if LinkedIn cared about user security or making things better, they wouldn't stick with this asinine, amateurish, and user-risking behavior: http://goldmanosi.blogspot.com/2012/06/forcing-people-to-use-e-mail-address-as.html http://goldmanosi.blogspot.com/2012/06/forcing-people-to-use...
- thrownaway2424 13y agoI think that's a bit of a leap. There will always be some lawsuit to fend off. A company the size of LinkedIn is probably defending 20 cases at once. It's just the nature of the lawyer industry. This case sorta-kinda reminds me of the class action where people are saying that when you mail someone at Gmail, Google "intercepts" the message. There's always going to be class actions like that one. Whatever a lawyer can dream up, he can litigate as a civil action.