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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by hardwaresofton on Friday February 05, 2016 @11:42AM (#11042562)
Some examples? I can't remember any big scandals...
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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by kyllo on Friday February 05, 2016 @11:54AM (#11042660)
Well, they had a security breach in 2012 that leaked 6.5 million unsalted password hashes:

http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/06/6-5-million-linkedin-passwo...

They have also been sued for stealing users' e-mail address books and spamming all their contacts with invites:

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-09/23/linkedin-sued...

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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by dawhizkid on Friday February 05, 2016 @11:48AM (#11042614)
Really? They just settled a lawsuit for $13 million for spam: http://time.com/4062519/linkedn-spam-settlement/
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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by hnbrox on Friday February 05, 2016 @11:53AM (#11042657)
i almost wish they spammed me so i could get some free money. i don't get hardly any mail from them.
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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by tgsovlerkhgsel on Saturday February 06, 2016 @02:08AM (#11046876)
You could only get money if you managed to get your address book stolen and all your contacts spammed.

$10 is very little consolation for hundreds of people you know now thinking that you are, ehrm, not smart, for giving your address book to LinkedIn, or worse, thinking you're a spammer because each of your contacts got three annoying e-mails "from you" with no opt-out button.

If they had to pay even one dollar to each person they spammed, they'd probably be bankrupt.

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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by elbigbad on Friday February 05, 2016 @11:57AM (#11042686)
I don't get hardly any mail from them, either. It's several times a day "updating" me on my contacts, even after I have unsubscribed several times.
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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by RyJones on Friday February 05, 2016 @11:46AM (#11042592)
The only one that I can remember was the email MITM "service".
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