Oct 18, 2021
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LinkedIn is a social networking site where you may share information about changing your privacy settings.
This is a post I’ve been wanting to write for a while. In fact, it stems from something I noticed way back in August of last year. After digging for answers and even a couple attempts at contacting their customer support, I’ve concluded that LinkedIn is by far the creepiest social network. The primary reasons LinkedIn is the mustached, trench coat and wire frame glasses wearing mouth breather of the internet are the “People You May Know” and “People Also Viewed” features.
LinkedIn: The Creepiest Social Network - Interactually
LinkedIn Privacy: 5 Safety Ways To Protect your LinkedIn
LinkedIn Privacy: 5 Safety Ways To Protect your LinkedIn
Protect your LinkedIn account by browsing securely, keeping your activity private, and recognizing signs of malicious behavior. Earlier of last month, LinkedIn killed a controversial feature called “Intro,” which embedded LinkedIn profiles into emails received by iPhone users. While LinkedIndefended the feature, it ultimately disabled it after drawing criticism from some security experts who were…
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Security warning: LinkedIn facing privacy issues on two fronts today
First off: If you're a LinkedIn user, change your password, stat. The company reportedly suffered a major security breach this morning and 6.5 million passwords are currently floating around the Internet in encrypted form — but that doesn't mean hackers aren't trying to break the encryption. So don't screw around. Log into LinkedIn and change it — ESPECIALLY if you use that password other places. (If you do, change it in those places, too.) But that's not the only privacy fail the company's having this morning. Here's the other:
cause A new LinkedIn mobile app feature allows the company to access your personal notes from your iOS calendar to sync them with your LinkedIn account ahead of meetings — a feature which is opt-in, but drew security users' scrutiny because it was accessing calendar information and transmitting it in unencrypted form.
response While the company is attempting to address privacy concerns, it insists the feature is useful and well-intentioned: “We hope you try it out. If at any time you decide it’s not for you then you can always go to the mobile apps settings page to turn off the calendar feature,” said Joff Redfern, the Mobile Product Head at LinkedIn. source
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