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StrauXX
120 days ago
Do you have a reference with more information on that?
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dijit
120 days ago
On HN itself:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14277202
Confirmed 5 years later in media;
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-09-20/linkedin-...
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genghisjahn
120 days ago
They used a legit google oauth but with broad rights. They did pull the contact and repeatedly spam them as personal emails. There were lawsuits.
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lossyalgo
119 days ago
It's all documented on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn#Criticism_and_controv...
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Confirmed 5 years later in media; https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-09-20/linkedin-...