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> they use your password to log in to your gmail account and that is a federal crime. Why do they go unpunished? There sure are a lot of products and service
by seiji 11y ago
> they use your password to log in to your gmail account
and that is a federal crime. Why do they go unpunished?
There sure are a lot of products and services I'd like to create if I knew laws were just suggestions. Every massive-growth startup seems to have some underlying "we did these five illegal things to get started" backstory.
Almost every garbage social media company either directly tries that (password-proxy to other services for scraping) or they use a scam to trick you into "consent" by offering so many forced options to click through you eventually accidentally hit a "yes don't not contact my un-friends with not my unconsent" button. (Or the super jerk version: "If you don't opt-out of this feature within two days of creating your account, we will take actions X, Y, Z on your behalf" in fine print.)
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- tim333 11y agoApparently they ask for permission to log in which is not a crime. There is a class action suit going on saying they only ask for permission to do it once but then repeat it: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/243419/linkedin-moves-toward-settling-class-action-over-e.html http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/243419/linkedi...
- logicallee 11y agoso I don't know why I was downvoted, I pretty much reported the exact claim. it's worth pointing out that linkedin hardly has a reputation here and other tech places as scammy spammers, people seem okay with it, again, probably due to the benefits. (compare the tech reaction to uber's practices regarding lyft, or when people disliked paypal's freezing of accounts.)
- ohitsdom 11y agoI didn't downvote, but I'd guess it's because you seemed to dismiss/minimize the LinkedIn sneaky emails because it was obvious they were automated.