They were automatically updating their profiles from 3rd party sources. This resulted in personal information being displayed without consent or warning, and wild inaccuracies like updating a profile to say a man was based in london when he was still very much in california
Comment on Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent
Dhrystone@infosec.pub 11 months ago
Did Glassdoor somehow force users to use their real names on the site?
_lilith@lemmy.world 11 months ago
baru@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s explained in the article. If Glassdoor somehow learns of the real name of an account they’ll silently add that information to the account. Glassdoor is meant to be anonymous so such action can lead to repercussions.
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 11 months ago
You think any of us can read?
linearchaos@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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