LinkedIn U-turns on Bluetooth-enabled 'Tinder for marketers'

  • 21 April 2017
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I cannot even begin to wonder why they thought it was a good idea!
 

Pop-up requested permission to share data with nearby devices even when app not in use

 
                         


 
21 Apr 2017 at 15:22, John Leyden LinkedIn irked privacy advocates by dropping a Bluetooth-enabled "Tinder for marketers" feature into its mobile app on Thursday.
 
Respected security researcher Rik Ferguson was nonplussed at changes in LinkedIn's mobile app that threw up a pop-up requesting permission to share data with nearby Bluetooth devices even when users weren't using the business networking app. The pop-up sprung after an update that billed itself as only offering "general bug fixes and performance improvements".
 
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