![]() ![]() The option is not functional and there is no effect if you attempted to take action. We’ve rolled back the UI changes and removed the button. We identified a bug in the profile user interface that incorrectly displayed a settings control for a feature that is not available. Update 25/8: Microsoft has responded to say the following: On my profile I can see the following entry:Īllow LinkedIn to share your profile and connections data so that Microsoft can use it to customize features in Microsoft applications. The profile page they are referring to is found here. I don’t remember having authorized LinkedIn to do so. Today I noticed that LinkedIn has been granted permission to share my “profile and connection data” on my AAD profile page. So this discussion on the Microsoft Technical Community very quickly caught my eye. ![]() The suggestion that data sharing could occur between Microsoft and LinkedIn certainly raises some questions. LinkedIn’s graph centers around entity information regarding jobs, co-workers, learning, prospects and recruiting/hiring. By combining Microsoft’s evolving knowledge graph with LinkedIn’s professional graph, Microsoft would be able to “make professionals more productive.” Microsoft’s graph is a collection of information pertaining to entities like contacts, messages, calendar entries and documents. The reason Microsoft was willing to spend so much to acquire LinkedIn was for its data and algorithms. In her analysis of the deal, Mary Jo Foley wrote: When Microsoft acquired LinkedIn last year I was curious and concerned about how they would make use of LinkedIn’s data, or vice versa. I use LinkedIn to a limited extent for professional connections, but I’m always careful to keep it separate and isolated as much as possible, for example by not allowing LinkedIn apps onto my mobile devices. I have a long-standing gripe with LinkedIn for the aggressive harvesting of contacts from their users.
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