LinkedIn actually sued HiQ Labs, which scraped LinkedIn to do exactly this (and this extensions scanning is likely a defense mechanism against similar attacks):
replyhttps://epic.org/documents/linkedin-corp-v-hiq-labs-inc/
> HiQ has created two specific data products targeted at employers: (1) “Keeper,” which informs employers which of their employees are at “risk” of being recruited by competitors; and...
My hunch is that HiQ simply looked for spikes in activity on LinkedIn as a signal for a job hunt: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47566893
In any case, this lawsuit was discussed a few times on HN at the time, and IIRC there were a fair bit of support for allowing free scraping of "public information." Interesting how the sentiment here has turned these days...
If they have been doing that, they haven't offered it to me, which seems weird since I'm their ICP.
replyThe simpler explanation is that they aren't doing that.
why is everyone online so incorrectly conspiratorial-minded nowadays? and no, there are not just way more conspiracies nowadays
replyWhy give corps like Microsoft the benefit of the doubt, when you'll be right more often than not by accusing them of anything underhanded?
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