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mrkeentoday at 5:49 PM1 replyview on HN

Yep, LinkedIn is cancer.

2020 - LinkedIn Sued For Spying on Clipboard Data After iOS 14 Exposes Its App:

https://wccftech.com/linkedin-sued-for-spying-on-clipboard-d...

2013 - LinkedIn MITM attacks your iPhone to read your mail:

https://www.troyhunt.com/disassembling-privacy-implications-...

2012/2016 - Data breach of 164.6 million accounts:

https://haveibeenpwned.com/breach/LinkedIn

According to haveibeenpwned.com, my email & password were leaked in both the 'May 2012' and 'April 2021' LinkedIn incidents.


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tomberttoday at 5:53 PM

I'm shocked, shocked to find that a Microsoft product will actively do a bunch of horrible invasive stuff while simultaneously not caring about security of this private data.