On: LinkedIn password leak

[cfontes]

2009... Awesome.

Linkedin should probably be the one warning me about this, but I never heard of this before.

Edit: filtered as Spam, nevertheless they should have locked my account.

[semi-extrinsic → cfontes]

I believe it's been proven impossible to write a spam filter to distinguish useful LinkedIn email from spammy LinkedIn emails, since the spam filter would then be able to solve the halting problem.

[eru → semi-extrinsic]

Can't you just write this?:

    isUseful :: LinkedInMessage -> Bool
    isUseful _ = False

[sleepychu → eru]

Sure, but password leak is pretty useful.

[bobwaycott → semi-extrinsic]

Omgosh, please tell me this has actually been proven and there's a paper (or blog post at least) to read about it!

[redbergy → cfontes]

I received multiple emails this morning from LinkedIn advising me to change my password.

[pdx → redbergy]

I received none.

[altonzheng → pdx]

That means either a) You're account was not included in the comprised accounts or b) You checked an email different from your LinkedIn account.

[rhino369 → altonzheng]

I didn't get an email until after I logged into my account with the compromised password. Then it sent me an email and locked my account. Sort of odd way of dealing with the problem.

This all happened about 20 minutes ago.

[fintler → rhino369]

It was just a coincidence that you received the email after you logged into your account. Logging into your account didn't trigger the email to be sent.

[joering2 → cfontes]

Glad to hear your Spam Filter work fine!