Remember when LinkedIn was condemned because they copied Gmail’s login page saying “Log in with Google”, then you entered your password, then they retrieved all your contacts, even the bank, the mailing lists, your ex, and spammed the hell out of them, saying things in your name in the style of “You haven’t joined in 5 days, I want you to subscribe” ?

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philjackson 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't know how they're still in business after that. They also had a massive data breach at one point.

	▲	tokioyoyo an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Because super-majority doesn't really care if the product does what it's intended to in the end.

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StrauXX an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you have a reference with more information on that?

	▲	dijit 32 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		On HN itself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14277202 Confirmed 5 years later in media; https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-09-20/linkedin-...
	▲	genghisjahn an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		They used a legit google oauth but with broad rights. They did pull the contact and repeatedly spam them as personal emails. There were lawsuits.