Matt ✅

I can't even imagine how this feature request made it out of a brainstorming session, let alone into an app...

"Linkedin would like to make data available to any nearby Bluetooth devices even when you're not using the app"

https://toot.cafe/media/cihjFuJNA0Hl_zsIQuk

Apr 20, 2017 at 2:57pmWeb
Show threadRafał PiątkowskiApr 20, 2017
@quirst Im sure they got a lot of pushback on that "Don't Allow" option. Riveting.
Show threadMatt ✅Apr 20, 2017

@crecca the trouble is (I fear) that a lot of people just blindly click 'OK' without really reading / understanding this stuff.

(Bit different but) There are certainly a lot of t&c documents that I've never read.

Show threadRafał PiątkowskiApr 20, 2017
@quirst yeah, well, I'd say that people do understand, and don't mind it. I found that LinkedIn users have opposite values and personalities to mine. What is t&c?
Show threadSpacedragon Apr 20, 2017

@quirst Conferences.

There's a major overlap between obsessive LinkedIn users, and people who regularly attend conferences, workshops, hackathons, meetups, get-togethers, god knows what else.

So the ability to instantly share Linkedin details would be a major upside there.

Show threadMatt ✅Apr 20, 2017

@wogan aaaaah I see - that is a use case I had no idea about

Still creeps me out and seems like it would be indiscriminate, although I suppose people at a conference are going to be like-minded.

Show threadSpacedragon Apr 20, 2017

@quirst It's no less indiscriminate than the people who use LinkedIN

It's a perfect fit for their core demographic really - people who spam their invite link to as many other accounts as possible.

Show threadMatt ✅Apr 20, 2017
@wogan you've got a point there.
Show threadJayApr 20, 2017
@quirst @wogan Maybe. But more likely sending notifications to your apple watch and syncing your contacts to your car's bluetooth system, no?
Show threadantlersApr 20, 2017
@quirst What is that even for?
Show threadMatt ✅Apr 20, 2017

@masklayer as @wogan pointed out (in a reply which doesn't seem to be publically viewable), it's probably for conferences / meetups etc, at which they can all instantly share their LinkedIn details.

Sounds like a spammer's dream come true but (as @wogan also pointed out) that is how lots of recruiters use LIN...

Show threadantlersApr 20, 2017
@quirst I feel like there has to be a better way. Like even building a qr code reader/generator into it like snapchat/fb messenger has would require less sketchy sounding permissions.
Show threadMatt ✅Apr 20, 2017
@masklayer yes although I've only seen QR codes used for 2fa. I'd think some kind of 'I'm @ a conference' mode which basically enabled the same thing, but explained in the right context why they wanted these permissions, and possibly geo-fenced and/or time-limited it...
Show threadantlersApr 20, 2017
@quirst Yeah, giving context for asking permissions would make them less scary
Show threadMichael Daehn ✅Apr 20, 2017
@quirst I don't understand how or why that would be useful.