If you are on LinkedIn, let me ask you this question? Why are you on LinkedIn?
Well, seriously, why are you on LinkedIn? What is your goal behind your LinkedIn profile? Is LinkedIn your business profile?
I know some people, for them LinkedIn is their
business. I personally know recruiters who spend thousands of dollars each month to
recruit their manpower on LinkedIn.
But that's not me. I am on LinkedIn to keep my professional
contacts at one place. I used LinkedIn as my business card diary. Most of the
people I have on Network, I met once in my life. That is all. Next time, I will
contact them when I need them or somebody will contact me when they need me.
That is all.
I remember few months back, LinkedIn started showing news
and other crap on the home page. Do I really want to ready that? I don't think
so. LinkedIn is trying to become a social network (Facebook copied features) with status
update on my page. Do I really want to do that? I don't think so. That's not me.
Personally, I think business users are totally different than Facebook users. Their mindset is different. They value their privacy and they definitely value their time.
Recently, LinkedIn started adding “Recommendations” on the
home page. Every time you visit LinkedIn, you will be forced to recommend
somebody in your network. Heck, I don't even know most of the people in my
Network. How can I recommend them? I will get recommendation from people about my work who I have never met in my life. How will they know about my work? And you must have to do this to get rid of that damn half page control. How credible is that data?
That is not all. Now, LinkedIn is going after your personal data.
Well, yesterday I was looking at my LinkedIn app on my
iPhone and I see “Mindcracker meeting” on the home page. I was surprised to see it. I never added this
meeting to LinkedIn.
I clicked on it and now I see all my calendar schedule in LinkedIn.
The LinkedIn app has stolen all my calendar schedule. I was like - What the f**k.
Alright, it is not stolen. I still have my data :) but they have accessed it and shared it on the App. I am sure they are storing on their server too.
I never asked LinkedIn to access my private data and show in their app. I am not sure what the sh**t they do in the background in the app but I am not liking it. I do not like LinkedIn app is accessing my personal calendar. Who knows they may start selling my calendar schedule.
What is next? They will steal my contacts? Then they will put a GPS?
I have no choice but to uninstall the damn app.
Mahesh ChandPosted Jan 20, 2013, 1:36 PM
Ibrahim, I think most of the apps including Apple, Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft, they secretly steal your personal data. There was a big debate over browsers stealing user's personal data sending back to Google headquarters. I am sure in their Terms they have this but who really reads an App's terms. The way LinkedIn is doing is really bad. First they were doing that "Forced Recommendations" and showing "Unwanted News" on my LinkedIn home page and so on. I think this will scare away some users. Anil: App was just fine until recently. I think LinkedIn is trying to get more and more personal data. This is how they make money by selling this data to its business clients.
Ibrahim ErsoyPosted Jan 20, 2013, 12:39 PM
Maybe they just want to sync it with their app.Dont judge too quickly sir.Did you contact them or did they? if you ask me,there is no such thing "Personal" when it comes to Social Networking.And im sure there are no networks that understands Privacy.
Anil KumarPosted Jan 20, 2013, 12:00 PM
OMG! is this happen after installing app?