LinkedIn reduces users' privacy settings by default

Stuart Sumner
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Service mimics Facebook's lack of regard for its users' privacy

Social networking platform LinkedIn has added new features to its service which allow users' information to be used by third-party advertisers. Although users are able to forbid the use of their...

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