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These "social" big data companies have a history of doing evil (or sometimes, stepping right up to that line) and $LKND certainly isn't in business to be altrui
by brymaster 13y ago
These "social" big data companies have a history of doing evil (or sometimes, stepping right up to that line) and $LKND certainly isn't in business to be altruistic.
Their iphone app used to slurp up your data without authorization: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/06/your-iphone-calendar-isnt-privateat-least-if-you-use-the-linkedin-app/ http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/06/your-iphone-calendar-is...
Furthermore:
LinkedIn: The Creepiest Social Network
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5680680 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5680680
LinkedIn opts 100 million users into sharing information with ads
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2872030 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2872030
LinkedIn is Evil
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=220138 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=220138
- tedunangst 13y agoI thank you for providing examples that prove my point. :) That's mostly speculation along the lines of "evil could have been done, therefore evil must have been done".