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With a breach of trust like this, deleting your account is the best response. Glassdoor can say that your name is confidential and they might be sincere. They may have every good intention of keeping it private. However, third parties may force a breach of this privacy. When the lawyers come knocking with a court order or warrant, they may fight the good fight, but will they win? At least before this, they didn't have the information. An even greater risk is a security breach that results in a public mass data dump. There your supposedly anonymous comments will be with your identity attached to them for anyone to see. They also will randomly update your profile information with information they find out about you which may or may not be accurate. #privacy

Do more #privacylaws and related ones on age design codes and #trustandsafety ➡️ the inadvertent effect of less anonymity 🫥directly or indirectly through foreseeable industry changes? Ultimately it paradoxically often means more efforts to #verify #identity, which raises real tensions with societal and user desire for privacy. Depending on how businesses choose to resolve that tension, we really lose out on an important communal public square to air real truths that are difficult to come out otherwise. Hard to do any hard causal effects analyses, but I wonder what the research will say in say ten years. Or maybe 2 years. https://lnkd.in/eW8Ck5gn

Would you speak out about what your employer or ex-employer is all about if you knew your review WITH your name would be published across the internet? This latest news about Glassdoor revealing user identities is a matter of concern when it comes to finding the sweet spot between user identification and privacy. Do you check the Terms of Use and other policies of online portals for privacy of data before posting on them? #onlineprivacy #glassdoor

I think this is my #privacy 🚩 of the month. I think it is safe to say that if you've ever left a review you wanted to stay private, it may be a good time to delete your Glassdoor account. "Alarm about those changes recently spread on social media, where several people described logging in to old Glassdoor accounts and allegedly finding their names had been added, they say, without their consent." https://lnkd.in/gQkDyKnA #redflag #privacy #cybersecurity #security #infosec #dataprivacy #securitycontrols

Did you know you can select a 'legacy contact' for your Facebook account (if you still have one (😬)? This person can basically manage your page at the time of your passing. Might seem like a little thing, but untangling this can be brutal for the person that's handling account closure. So do your fam/friend a favor...takes 3 mins...go ahead and knock it out to save them hours later!: - Login to FB - click photo on top right - click settings & privacy - click settings - on left side, click "Password & Security" - on left side, click "Personal Details" - Click "Account ownership & control" - Click "memorialization" - Click on your account - Select "Memorialize" - Select your legacy contact by typing their name - Confirm info saved What your legacy contact can/can't do w/ your account is a lengthly list. Link to that in comments!

At Cloaked, we're not just about securing your privacy. We're also about making it fun! 🎉 When you choose Cloaked, you're gifted with fully functioning email addresses, each tied to specific identities you set within our platform. BUT these aren't your run-of-the-mill addresses! Our email generation combines three random words followed by @cloak.id. They're unique, quirky, and add a dash of personality to your online presence. Here's a sneak peek of some of our favorites from our Cloaked team members (that you can email!): 🔍☀️👔smell.sunny.tie@cloak.id ✌️🌾🏕️peace.thus.alone@cloak.id 🙅♂️😄👃blame.humor.scent@cloak.id 🏠🏖️🥧roof.sand.pie@cloak.id 😜🤕🪑weird.wound.sit@cloak.id 🌀🐀🔄blend.rat.flip@cloak.id These addresses operate within the Cloaked app’s very own native, zero-knowledge inbox. But they also give you the autonomy to forward your emails to your primary address, keep them in your Cloaked dashboard, or mute them altogether! You can keep the conversation flowing while you #keepitcloaked.  But my all-time favorite and a chuckle-worthy one that was randomly generated for me? 📬🚼👔born.alone.ceo@cloak.id Jump into the world of Cloaked and discover the joy in securing your identity with a touch of whimsy!  And, your friends join and see what randomness they grab with their new Cloaked identities.  (Feel safe to share your generated cloaked email addresses in the comments - remember, you have complete control when you’re Cloaked!)

This feels like a pretty big shift in #privacy policy - big enough that you might want to delete your #Glassdoor account. Moving forward, posts will no longer be anonymous. And if you have posted in the past, and they can connect your email address to any other identifying data, they will add your name to past posts. This article has more information, including links and directions on how to delete your account and data: https://lnkd.in/grj27uRg

Friends/Connections, Beware, as this can lead to phishing attempts. It's not a new thing, but to me imposters on LI seem to be growing. What do you see? #socialmedia #socialnetworking #societyandculture #internet #technology

Internet security and online privacy can be vulnerable to attack. New methods are constantly being developed to get through your internet protection to exploit your information and data. As long as you are connected to the internet, you are never completely safe, but luckily there have been many solutions that can help you with this. https://lnkd.in/gxMHVii3 #personvernpanettet

Check out this new LinkedIn feature for verifying identity. Interesting!