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LinkedIn feature exposes email addresses

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One of the dangers of using social media is that information you only want to share with your friends ends up being available to everyone. Sometimes this happens because friends can betray your trust, but more worryingly, there are cases where the social platform itself can get involved, exposing your data to marketing.

LinkedIn matters .” As a LinkedIn, you can connect directly with people you think you know professionally or personally, but you can also introduce yourself to someone by sending a request. Celebrities, executives, or other LinkedIn users who want to avoid unwanted requests can do so with an option that forces the requester to provide their personal email address.

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