Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm.
The user is never asked. Never told. LinkedIn’s privacy policy does not mention it.
Because LinkedIn knows each user’s real name, employer, and job title, it is not searching anonymous visitors. It is searching identified people at identified companies. Millions of companies. Every day. All over the world.
Why people keep using Linked In is beyond me. It never has been anything more than a data mining operation with people gladly giving them all their real details.
Remember when Linked IN became the man in the middle of your emails? It would read them and send email to your contacts list.
Microsoft has said after they purchased them that they were only in it for the data. This is no secret.
I will not hire people who put linked in on their resumes, as I have to assume they are just stupid.
Why people keep using Linked In is beyond me. It never has been anything more than a data mining operation with people gladly giving them all their real details.
Remember when Linked IN became the man in the middle of your emails? It would read them and send email to your contacts list.
Microsoft has said after they purchased them that they were only in it for the data. This is no secret.
I will not hire people who put linked in on their resumes, as I have to assume they are just stupid.