'AI' Is Not a Tool by Rich Hickey(linkedin.com)
217 points by svieira | 108 comments
An essay by Rich Hickey, originally on LinkedIn and mirrored in a GitHub Gist, arguing that 'AI' is not a tool.
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LinkedIn Larpmaxxing(hereticpleb.vercel.app)
262 points by BurnerBurner | 222 comments
A personal blog post mocking performative LinkedIn culture, describing the author's projects including building a YOLO-based detector for LinkedIn posts.
LinkedIn wins court order blocking mass scraping of user data(therecord.media)
40 points by ilamont | 27 comments
The Record news article reporting that LinkedIn obtained a court order blocking a company from mass scraping its user data.
Your intellectual fly is open when you use an LLM to author a post (2025)(bcantrill.dtrace.org)
656 points by cyb0rg0 | 408 comments
Bryan Cantrill blog post arguing that using an LLM to write LinkedIn posts reveals a lack of thought, likening it to an open fly.
LinkedIn CringeBot 3000(cringebot3000.com)
426 points by theanonymousone | 179 comments
LinkedIn CringeBot 3000 is a satirical AI web tool that turns any topic into a parody LinkedIn thought-leadership post.
I Inspected My Take-Home Interview Project. It Was a Whole Operation(citizendot.github.io)
318 points by CITIZENDOT | 85 comments
A blog post describing how a take-home interview project from a LinkedIn recruiter turned out to contain malware hidden via git hooks.
A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer(roman.pt)
1552 points by lwhsiao | 295 comments
Blog post by developer Roman Imankulov describing a backdoor hidden in code sent as part of a LinkedIn job offer, how it triggers, and the borrowed identities used.
LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the results into every request(404privacy.com)
398 points by un-nf | 172 comments
A 404 Privacy blog post reporting that LinkedIn probes for 6,278 browser extensions and encrypts the results into requests, and how the data is used.
LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions(browsergate.eu)
1823 points by digitalWestie | 731 comments
Advocacy site "BrowserGate" alleging that LinkedIn runs hidden code scanning visitors' installed browser extensions and sharing results with third parties.
LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs
706 points by hrncode | 403 comments
Hacker News discussion thread with screenshots showing LinkedIn consuming 2.4 GB of RAM across two browser tabs.
Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language(translate.kagi.com)
1253 points by smitec | 293 comments
Kagi Translate's web interface set to translate English text into "LinkedIn speak" as a novelty output language.
I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over(thelocalstack.eu)
1354 points by ColinWright | 462 comments
Blog post examining what personal and biometric data is shared when verifying identity on LinkedIn with a passport and selfie, based on its privacy policy and terms.
LinkedIn checks for 2953 browser extensions(github.com)
459 points by mdp | 215 comments
GitHub repository documenting how LinkedIn probes for nearly 3,000 Chrome extensions to fingerprint users, with extension ID lists and scripts.
LinkedIn is now using everyone's content to train their AI tool(twitter.com)
382 points by lopkeny12ko | 209 comments
A post on X by Rachel Tobac saying LinkedIn is using users' content to train its AI tools; the post content did not load.
USPS shared customer postal addresses with Meta, LinkedIn and Snap(techcrunch.com)
379 points by leotravis10 | 194 comments
TechCrunch investigation reporting that the US Postal Service shared customers' postal addresses with Meta, LinkedIn and Snap via tracking code, and later remediated it.
Leaving LinkedIn(corecursive.com)
408 points by wyclif | 273 comments
CoRecursive podcast episode #098 in which Chris Krycho talks about leaving LinkedIn and choosing engineering excellence over expediency.
German court prohibits LinkedIn from ignoring "Do Not Track" signals(stackdiary.com)
1110 points by isodev | 513 comments
Press release from Germany's Federation of Consumer Organisations (vzbv) on a Berlin court ruling barring LinkedIn from ignoring Do-Not-Track signals and other privacy violations.
LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees(npr.org)
341 points by cebert | 285 comments
NPR business article from October 16, 2023 reporting that LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees.
My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions(github.com)
414 points by mig4ng | 166 comments
A GitHub repository of personal uBlock Origin filter lists that hide distracting elements like feeds and recommendations on sites such as Twitter/X and LinkedIn.