It appears that a complete list of all the hashes for the passwords of 
Linkedin users has been leaked.  Astonishingly Linkedin didn't bother to 
salt them, so it's possible to reverse-engineer the true passwords from 
them in many cases (apparently about 3.5 million have probably already 
been cracked).  If you have a Linkedin account you should change you 
password ASAP, and if you use that password on other sites linked to 
your name, you should probably change those too.

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On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:11:40 -0700, Kevin Wampler wrote:

> It appears that a complete list of all the hashes for the passwords of
> Linkedin users has been leaked.  Astonishingly Linkedin didn't bother to
> salt them, so it's possible to reverse-engineer the true passwords from
> them in many cases (apparently about 3.5 million have probably already
> been cracked).  If you have a Linkedin account you should change you
> password ASAP, and if you use that password on other sites linked to
> your name, you should probably change those too.

Interestingly, though, the user accounts are not associated with the 
hashes in what was leaked.

Jim

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On 6/6/2012 12:38 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> Interestingly, though, the user accounts are not associated with the
> hashes in what was leaked.

While true, it's not too improbable that the people who originally had 
the passwords may have more information than just what was in the leaked 
file.  Best to be safe IMHO.

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On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:42:40 -0700, Kevin Wampler wrote:

> On 6/6/2012 12:38 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Interestingly, though, the user accounts are not associated with the
>> hashes in what was leaked.
> 
> While true, it's not too improbable that the people who originally had
> the passwords may have more information than just what was in the leaked
> file.  Best to be safe IMHO.

Agreed, and a very good point.

Jim

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On 06/06/2012 08:11 PM, Kevin Wampler wrote:
> If you have a Linkedin account you should change you
> password ASAP

Even if I haven't used it for years?

BTW, does anybody know what the /point/ of Linked-In actually is? I 
mean, you upload a whole heap of data onto it and then... what? What 
useful purpose does it serve?

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On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:02:14 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

> On 06/06/2012 08:11 PM, Kevin Wampler wrote:
>> If you have a Linkedin account you should change you password ASAP
> 
> Even if I haven't used it for years?
> 
> BTW, does anybody know what the /point/ of Linked-In actually is? I
> mean, you upload a whole heap of data onto it and then... what? What
> useful purpose does it serve?

It's helped me in my job search; the leads unfortunately didn't result in 
a full-time job, but yes, it's helpful.

Also good for keeping in touch with old coworkers and colleagues.

Jim

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On 06/06/2012 10:00 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> It's helped me in my job search; the leads unfortunately didn't result in
> a full-time job, but yes, it's helpful.
>

It has not really helped me looking for a job. But someone I worked with 
last year said that it is the up and coming thing for job searching. I 
can see it being a more dominant site as recruiters use it more.


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Regards
     Stephen

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On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:24:54 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 06/06/2012 10:00 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> It's helped me in my job search; the leads unfortunately didn't result
>> in a full-time job, but yes, it's helpful.
>>
>>
> It has not really helped me looking for a job. But someone I worked with
> last year said that it is the up and coming thing for job searching. I
> can see it being a more dominant site as recruiters use it more.

Yeah, that's the other thing, having good data in it, it's being used 
more and more by recruiters to find candidates.

The funny thing is that while I had full-time employment, I would 
regularly get calls and requests from recruiters.

Now that I'm working for myself, that's dried up.

Jim

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>>> It's helped me in my job search; the leads unfortunately didn't result
>>> in a full-time job, but yes, it's helpful.
>>>
>> It has not really helped me looking for a job. But someone I worked with
>> last year said that it is the up and coming thing for job searching. I
>> can see it being a more dominant site as recruiters use it more.
>
> Yeah, that's the other thing, having good data in it, it's being used
> more and more by recruiters to find candidates.

Thing is, people were saying 10 years ago that it was a great resource 
for getting hired, and today, 10 years later, that still doesn't seem to 
be the case.

I rather suspect it's only useful for /certain kinds/ of hires. That 
certain kind presumably excludes me.

> The funny thing is that while I had full-time employment, I would
> regularly get calls and requests from recruiters.
>
> Now that I'm working for myself, that's dried up.

More like "if you don't access it at least twice per day, you disappear 
off the bottom of the search results".

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On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:56:40 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>>> It's helped me in my job search; the leads unfortunately didn't
>>>> result in a full-time job, but yes, it's helpful.
>>>>
>>> It has not really helped me looking for a job. But someone I worked
>>> with last year said that it is the up and coming thing for job
>>> searching. I can see it being a more dominant site as recruiters use
>>> it more.
>>
>> Yeah, that's the other thing, having good data in it, it's being used
>> more and more by recruiters to find candidates.
> 
> Thing is, people were saying 10 years ago that it was a great resource
> for getting hired, and today, 10 years later, that still doesn't seem to
> be the case.

It's not a passive thing - you don't put your CV info up there and then 
just sit back and wait.

So, what active things have you done?

>> The funny thing is that while I had full-time employment, I would
>> regularly get calls and requests from recruiters.
>>
>> Now that I'm working for myself, that's dried up.
> 
> More like "if you don't access it at least twice per day, you disappear
> off the bottom of the search results".

Not at all.  I access LinkedIn quite regularly, and am a member of a 
number of groups related to the fields I'm interested in - and I 
occasionally participate in discussions in those groups.

Jim

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