LinkedIn Sued Over Dark Pattern Email Harvesting

Notes

I mentioned LinkedIn's dark pattern UI before. This is the result of one of those dark patterns.

mediapost.com LinkedIn Sued For Hacking Users' Emails Four LinkedIn users, including a former ad sales executive for The New York Times, have sued the social networking service for "hacking" into their email accounts in order to send invitations to their friends. The… (opens in a new tab)