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IRL (In Real Life) => Tech Talk => Topic started by: Boggit on June 13, 2016, 12:59:18 PM

Title: Microsoft to buy LinkedIn
Post by: Boggit on June 13, 2016, 12:59:18 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36519766

Time for me to close my account. I've already been getting lots of unwanted sales emails, and I doubt what privacy I do have with LinkedIn will necessarily be protected, particularly as they haven't even bothered to tell me of the impending change of ownership. MS are buying this as they think they can exploit the contents of the database, otherwise they wouldn't be throwing money at it. I only saw this by chance! I'm not impressed at the lack of transparency with members.
Title: Re: Microsoft to buy LinkedIn
Post by: Huw the Poo on June 13, 2016, 04:33:14 PM
After two major security breaches in the company's life, too.  Yeah.  This is yet another reason I will never join LinkedIn.
Title: Re: Microsoft to buy LinkedIn
Post by: Boggit on June 13, 2016, 05:25:05 PM
Quote from: Huw the Poo on June 13, 2016, 04:33:14 PM
After two major security breaches in the company's life, too.  Yeah.  This is yet another reason I will never join LinkedIn.
Good point. I'd forgotten about that.