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2025-02-18T09:13:22Z

X: Made "LinkedIn" the first work in the page for easier reading. and added "." after "dark patterns".

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{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = LinkedIn
| Type = Subsidiary
| Founded = 2002
| Industry = Internet
| Official Website = https://linkedin.com/
| Logo = LinkedIn.png
}}
[[wikipedia:LinkedIn|'''LinkedIn''']] is a social-media platform for professional networking, founded in 2002.

==Summary==

It has been known for its [[dark patterns]].

Users register on LinkedIn with an email, which LinkedIn then scrapes their contacts list and uploads this information to LinkedIn.[https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a545600/what-people-can-see-on-your-profile#:~:text=Contact%20and%20personal%20information%20that%20you%E2%80%99ve%20provided%20in%20the%20Contact%20Info%20section%20of%20your%20profile%20is%20only%20visible%20to%20your%201st%2Ddegree%20connections]

LinkedIn also makes it difficult to cancel their free trial membership, likely targeting users that have forgotten or are unable to locate the cancel page.[https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a545578] 

LinkedIn's membership price has also quintupled from $10 per month in 2018 to $50 in 2024.

==Data Privacy==
LinkedIn automatically opts you into their program named "Data for Generative AI Improvement", or "GAI", which automatically says you agree to "Use my data for training content creation models."<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/settings/data-for-ai-improvement Data for Generative AI Improvement] - linkedin.com - 29 Jan 2025</ref> This comes with fine print which states, "This setting controls the training of generative AI models used to create content. When this setting is on LinkedIn and its affiliates may use your personal data and content you create on LinkedIn for that purpose." 

This automatically gives LinkedIn the license to use your personal data and the content you create to train their models. Even if you opt out, the personal data and content the platform has already used will not be deleted.<ref name="linkedin-faq">[https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a5538339 LinkedIn and generative AI (GAI) FAQs] - linkedin.com - 29 Jan 2025</ref>

As of 29 January 2025, LinkedIn FAQ mentions that it does <i>"not currently train content-generating AI models on data from members located in Canada, the EU, EEA, UK, Switzerland, Hong Kong, or Mainland China."</i><ref name="linkedin-faq" />

==References==
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[[Category:LinkedIn Corporation]]
[[Category:Business services companies]]

Adobe

2025-02-18T09:08:25Z

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{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = Adobe
| Type = Public
| Founded = 1982
| Industry = Software
| Official Website = https://adobe.com/
| Logo = Adobe.png
}}

[[wikipedia:Adobe_Inc.|'''Adobe''']] is a software company based in America, specializing in software for creative applications, such as video editing, photo manipulation, animation, or illustration.

==Incidents==

===Transition to subscription based software===

Adobe initially distributed their software with perpetual licenses, where the user would only pay once for the right to own and use a copy of an application (or, through Adobe's Creative Suite, a collection of applications). In 2011, Adobe introduced Creative Cloud, a service that gave users access to all of Adobe's current software for a monthly fee; Creative Cloud eventually superseded Creative Suite and all of Adobe's perpetual licenses, and as of today, the only way to access up-to-date Adobe software officially is through Creative Cloud.

''Read more:''

[[Adobe Lightroom: Perpetual to Subscription Transition]]

[[Adobe Subscription]]

[[Adobe Sued by FTC Over Hidden Fees in Subscription Plans]]
===Alleged use of user data for AI training===
''Read more:''

[[Adobe's AI policy]]

[[Adobe Firefly]]

==References==
*{{cite web |author=((Wikipedia contributors)) |date=2025-02-03 |title=Adobe Inc. |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adobe_Inc.&oldid=1273676016 |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Wikipedia}}
*{{cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |title=Adobe roofies all of their customers |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXxMCm941WA |date=2024-06-07 |website=YouTube |access-date=2025-01-15}}

[[Category:Software companies]]
[[Category:Adobe]]

Proton Mail

2025-02-18T09:03:33Z

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ProtonMail is a privacy focused email client based in Switzerland which has partnered with non Swiss content delivery networks like Radware. ProtonMail offers cloud email, calendar, VPN, and cloud storage services. ProtonMail has a marketing focus on privacy over competitors like Google or Microsoft.

Endorsement of Donald Trump by CEO Andy Yen on Twitter.

[https://archive.ph/txuJ2 Tweet archive]

[https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i2nz9v/on_politics_and_proton_a_message_from_andy/ Proton official response on the Proton subreddit]

Proton announces partnership with Zoom, a non private messaging platform.

[https://proton.me/support/calendar-zoom How to add Zoom meetings to event invitations]

Flat Earth Clock App

2025-02-18T08:51:10Z

{{StubNotice}}{{InfoboxProductLine
| Title = {{PAGENAME}}
| Release Year =2016
| Product Type =Mobile Social Network
| In Production =Yes
| Official Website =https://flatearthdave.com/
| Logo =Flatearthclockapp.jpg
}}"'''{{PAGENAME}}'''" is a social network for "flat earthers" to connect and to provide an echo chamber among like-minded people.

The app serves a "clock" that tries (and fails) to show how day/night does progress on a Flat earth, and serves as a platform for content to reinforce science denial regarding everything we learned about our universe.

As being a "flat earther" has the common side effect of one losing real human connections/friends even family in some cases, the creator David Weiss, capitalizes on people that are easy to manipulate, providing the platform as a replacement.

The application is available in the Google Play Store<ref>Flat Earth Clock app in the [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flatearthsun&referrer=utm_source Google Play Store]</ref> and Apple's App Store<ref>Flat Earth Sun, Moon & Zodiac in the [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flat-earth-sun-moon-zodiac/id1440996640 Apple App Store]</ref> respectively for a one time payment of $3 (no trial), and in-app purchases in the form of a subscription for a "friend finder feature" despite being reported multiple times by several individuals, including myself of major breaches of security, privacy, wrong statements about collected data and breaches of EU and US regulations.

==Consumer Impacts==

*Reinforcement of science denial
*Major violations in privacy regulations in the US and the EU
*Data breaches spanning over multiple years including some that published all usernames, emails, locations and plain text passwords.
*Publishing of realtime locations (latitude/longitude) of all registered users without consent.

==Consumer impact summary==
==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
{{Placeholder box|* [[Example incident one]] (date): Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
* [[Example incident two]] (date):
Incidents affecting the entire product line can be found in the product line article: [[Product line article, or company article if there is no product line]]}}

==See also==
A comprehensive (but incomplete to protect actual members) list of the security breaches was compiled years ago, mostly ignored by the creator or used to gain more media traction by calling out the people who informed him of the shortcomings.

On February 7, 2025 part of these issues were released on Github<ref>[https://github.com/globesec/flatearthsun_public Release of a list of issues on Guthub]</ref> and after 3 years of non-compliance by the creator a 90 day warning period was given.

"McToon", a notable debunker of science deniers on YouTube and a developer himself, posted a video detailing some of the shortcomings and issues<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grjDlOIdf5Q a video detailing some of the shortcomings and issues]</ref>.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Software]]

Flat Earth Clock App

2025-02-18T08:50:07Z

X: some grammar and typos

{{StubNotice}}{{InfoboxProductLine
| Title = {{PAGENAME}}
| Release Year =2016
| Product Type =Mobile Social Network
| In Production =Yes
| Official Website =https://flatearthdave.com/
| Logo =Flatearthclockapp.jpg
}}"'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a social network for "flat earthers" to connect and to provide an echo chamber among like-minded people.

The app serves a "clock" that tries (and fails) to show how day/night does progress on a Flat earth, and serves as a platform for content to reinforce science denial regarding everything we learned about our universe.

As being a "flat earther" has the common side effect of one losing real human connections/friends even family in some cases, the creator David Weiss, capitalizes on people that are easy to manipulate, providing the platform as a replacement.

The application is available in the Google Play Store<ref>Flat Earth Clock app in the [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flatearthsun&referrer=utm_source Google Play Store]</ref> and Apple's App Store<ref>Flat Earth Sun, Moon & Zodiac in the [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flat-earth-sun-moon-zodiac/id1440996640 Apple App Store]</ref> respectively for a one time payment of $3 (no trial), and in-app purchases in the form of a subscription for a "friend finder feature" despite being reported multiple times by several individuals, including myself of major breaches of security, privacy, wrong statements about collected data and breaches of EU and US regulations.

==Consumer Impacts==

*Reinforcement of science denial
*Major violations in privacy regulations in the US and the EU
*Data breaches spanning over multiple years including some that published all usernames, emails, locations and plain text passwords.
*Publishing of realtime locations (latitude/longitude) of all registered users without consent.

==Consumer impact summary==
==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
{{Placeholder box|* [[Example incident one]] (date): Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
* [[Example incident two]] (date):
Incidents affecting the entire product line can be found in the product line article: [[Product line article, or company article if there is no product line]]}}

==See also==
A comprehensive (but incomplete to protect actual members) list of the security breaches was compiled years ago, mostly ignored by the creator or used to gain more media traction by calling out the people who informed him of the shortcomings.

On February 7, 2025 part of these issues were released on Github<ref>[https://github.com/globesec/flatearthsun_public Release of a list of issues on Guthub]</ref> and after 3 years of non-compliance by the creator a 90 day warning period was given.

"McToon", a notable debunker of science deniers on YouTube and a developer himself, posted a video detailing some of the shortcomings and issues<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grjDlOIdf5Q a video detailing some of the shortcomings and issues]</ref>.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Software]]