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by AlexandrB 2511 days ago
Collectively people seem have terrible memories. LinkedIn is mega creepy. It was pulling moves like asking for email passwords and then downloading entire contact lists[1] long before Facebook got in trouble for the same thing. Others here have noted LinkedIn’s UI “dark patterns” which are also some of the worst in the social space.

[1] https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/09/24/linkedin-denies-...