LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members

Re:LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addr... by Foobar8568 on Sunday November 25, 2018 @03:06AM (#18525910)

LinkedIn definitely uses same IP address to suggest connections. My wife as suggested connection really stood up in this way for many reasons (profile recently created, a few connections from the other side of the world and in a totally different industry).

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Re:LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addr... by jobigoud on Sunday November 25, 2018 @07:30AM (#18526597)

But you probably have your wife in your contacts.

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Re:LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addr... by Foobar8568 on Sunday November 25, 2018 @09:22AM (#18526967)

So it would be even worse, they would need to retrieve a phone number in some way and match that. I don't register email contacts anywhere, and I am not using the LinkedIn app. I would say that I have seen similar things at work/work location (consultant). Seeing people with no shared contacts among the first ones in the suggested list. Until then I though it was related to 2nd or 3rd level of linkage.

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