LinkedIn's Opt-Out Social Advertising Feature Exposing User Data
by Catalin Cosoi, on 11.08.2011
As of yesterday, business social network LinkedIn has introduced a new feature that exposes profile information, including names and photos as illustrations for third-party ads. The feature has been turned on by default across the platform without either asking for users’ consent or sending an announcement note in advance. read more
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Catalin Cosoi
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George Lucian Petre
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Ligia Adam
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Sabina Datcu
Sabina Datcu, PhD has background training in Applied Informatics and Statistics, Biology and Foreign Languages and Literatures.
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