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Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 54 points 2 years ago (2 children)

PSA to use fake info for just about every site you ever sign up for. Never offer PII unless you absolutely have to like with the bank or IRS.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    I have about 5 or 6 aliases, full blown characters that live in my head, each with different names, addresses and backstories that I use. Even they lie about their personal circumstances sometimes. For example, on LinkedIn, John Longson works at Longson and Longson consulting, but he's the only employee, and he actually just works at a thrift store with a side hustle of selling second hand clothes on etsy under an alias.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    LinkedIn is one of the few sites where I use my real name. It is for connecting with past and future coworkers, so they get my real identity.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Why not present ones? And how do you know who you'll work with in the future?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Right, I forgot that LinkedIn calls contacts "connection", doesn't it? I meant it in the sense of messaging them.

    I have it for talking to past coworkers (in case I need a reference or want to discuss equity or something) and for talking to recruiters when I am looking for a job. My past two jobs I heard about via LinkedIn messages.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I guess that's one strategy but that's too much work for me. I just pay for unique email forwarding addresses to my main email and use fakenamegenerator.com for filling out fake PII. Also a password manager is key

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    Sound advice, but if this article is any indication, corporate web2 now anticipates garbage. The junk presumably gets backfilled with their best attempt at quality data where it can be found. It true, it invites potential contributors to think carefully about their opsec.

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