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		beastman82 on Feb 5, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company'... But.. how do they know who you've emailed? I don't get how LinkedIn knows this from Gmail

gohrt on Feb 5, 2016 [–]

In gmail, everyone you've ever emailed is in automatically added your address book. LinkedIn provides an easy (maybe too easy) way to upload your address book to LinkedIn.

rmxt on Feb 5, 2016 | [–]

Your "too easy" is my "deceptive dark pattern".

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