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Shhhh! Don't bring rationality into this HN anti-LinkedIn Circle-jerk!

• brymaster 13y ago
  > Shhhh! Don't bring rationality into this HN anti-LinkedIn Circle-jerk! That's a reddit-level comment. People with technical, ethical or privacy concerns are just as relevant to the discussion. LinkedIn already has a shady history in terms of unauthorized data slurping, privacy and handling of users. No one has to swallow what they're offering now as altruistic if they don't want to. Plenty of concerns indeed... 6.5 Million LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4073309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4073309 LinkedIn sued by users who say it hacked their e-mail accounts https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6425444 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6425444 Your iPhone calendar isn’t private—at least if you use the LinkedIn app 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... 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 LinkedIn was also pulling down your contacts/address book through that iOS flaw just like Path and several other apps were at the time.