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June 13, 2019 05:24 pm GMT
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LinkedIn is full of spies
What kind of a LinkedIn user are you? The kind who only accepts "connect" requests from people you know? Or a blanket accepter who connects to everyone who asks?
Unluckily for the American public, there are plenty of members of the U.S. government and political intelligentsia who fall into the latter camp! Which makes LinkedIn a prime hunting ground for... foreign spies?!
According to a new report from the Associated Press, foreign intelligence operations routinely use LinkedIn to target, connect with, and eventually gain knowledge about and influence over American political affairs. Read more...
More about Linkedin, Espionage, Deepfakes, Tech, and Social Media CompaniesOriginal Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/EkKjkctOfIo/
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