Well, Nobody's Gonna Trust LinkedIn Ever Again

    Path recovered from its sorta-data-scandal because it really was following how everybody else treats data in Silicon Valley, and it eventually did the right thing. I do not LinkedIn will recover as swimmingly: It uploads calendar entries, including notes which could contain private information, from users' iOS devices to its servers, possibly violating Apple's privacy guidelines. In plain text. Oh, and it was possibly hacked, revealing 6.5 million passwords.

    Matt Buchanan
    by Matt Buchanan

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Well, Nobody's Gonna Trust LinkedIn Ever Again

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    Path recovered from its sorta-data-scandal because it really was following how everybody else treats data in Silicon Valley, and it eventually did the right thing. I do not know if LinkedIn will recover as swimmingly: It uploads calendar entries, including notes which could contain private information, from users' iOS devices to its servers, possibly violating Apple's privacy guidelines. In plain text. (Here's LinkedIn's explanation.) Oh, and it was possibly hacked, revealing 6.5 million passwords.