LinkedIn
09/27/2024
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By Ava Grace
LinkedIn using users’ online posts and articles WITHOUT CONSENT to train its AI
Professional networking platform LinkedIn is reportedly utilizing data from its users to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models without user consent. The Daily Expose reported that according to LinkedIn’s own website, user data is collected for various details. These include users’ posts and articles, how frequent they use the platform, their language preferences and any […]
11/28/2023
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By Arsenio Toledo
Thousands of North Koreans are using fake identities to land remote work opportunities on LinkedIn
Thousands of tech-savvy North Koreans are using fake names and carefully crafted interview scripts to sign up for remote work opportunities on LinkedIn. This is according to a report published by Reuters, which uncovered documents proving that North Koreans are landing jobs outside of the hermit communist nation to secretly earn hard currency for the nation. […]
06/21/2022
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By Mary Villareal
FBI special agent warns: Crypto fraudsters exploit LinkedIn to dupe unsuspecting users
Sean Ragan, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent, warned that fraudsters are exploiting the professional networking website LinkedIn to deceive unsuspecting users and lure them into cryptocurrency investment schemes. The fraudsters, who usually pose as professionals, create fake profiles and reach out to LinkedIn users. They initiate small talk over the platform’s chatbox until eventually, they […]
05/20/2022
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By Ramon Tomey
Microsoft’s Bing search engine CENSORING searches for politically sensitive Chinese personalities
Microsoft’s Bing search engine has made it difficult for people in North America to look up names of politically sensitive Chinese personalities, a cybersecurity and surveillance group found. In a May 19 report, the Toronto-based Citizen Lab pointed out that Bing’s autofill system did not return potential suggestions when users searched for personalities deemed sensitive […]
07/04/2021
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By Arsenio Toledo
Massive DATA BREACH exposes personal data of 700 million users of Microsoft-owned LinkedIn
For the second time this year, Microsoft-owned social networking and employment service LinkedIn has experienced a data breach. According to Ben Lovejoy, tech journalist for 9to5Mac, a hacker exposed the personal data of around 700 million users. This represents around 92 percent of the platform’s more than 756 million total users. The data breach was discovered on […]
09/20/2020
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By Ramon Tomey
Facebook accused of spying on Instagram users – through their phone’s cameras
Social media giant Facebook is in hot water once more over alleged privacy violations. A New Jersey user sued the company over alleged spying on Instagram users through unauthorized access of their mobile phone cameras. The lawsuit filed Sep. 17 follows a report in July that the social media app owned by Facebook appeared to […]
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