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A comment on LinkedIn dark patterns, or why your friends keep spamming you to sign up for it.

Re:LinkedIn dark patterns, or why your friends keep spamming... by CrimsnBlade on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @10:55AM (#11066078)
I read this article, which was very enlightening by the way, and the first thing I did was go to check and see if I had fallen prey to the dark patterns of LinkedIn. The first thing I see when I log on is that they're asking, "Add an extra layer of security to your profile, add your phone number"

Really?? This made me even more uneasy than before. Why would that add additional security to my profile? Has anyone else seen this on their home page yet?

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Re:LinkedIn dark patterns, or why your friends keep spamming... by lordCarbonFiber on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @11:01AM (#11066120)
Do you really have to ask why 2-factor authentication would add security to your profile? (If so, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=2+Factor+Authentication+)

Im all for jumping on the bash LinkedIn train, but let's be reasonable here.

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Re:LinkedIn dark patterns, or why your friends keep spamming... by vcarl on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @11:16AM (#11066256)
Adding a phone number to your account and enabling two factor auth aren't the same thing in my mind. It might be that I'm paranoid about giving LinkedIn my info plus bad copy on the prompt, but I had the same reaction as the grandparent.
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Re:LinkedIn dark patterns, or why your friends keep spamming... by ferentchak on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @11:13AM (#11066223)
Until someone clicks the "Add people you know from your contacts" feature that most of these viral products end up implementing. At which point they have an extra dimension to help their social graph or whatever they want to call they set of marketing information they sell.
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Re:LinkedIn dark patterns, or why your friends keep spamming... by CrimsnBlade on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @11:44AM (#11066568)
I realize what 2 factor authentication is, and perhaps I jumped too soon before considering it, but with everything else happening I can't help but think they would want my number for more than just my added security.
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