Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Fake LinkedIn Profiles Are Impossible to Detect

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate. 
Douglas Engelbart  ...



I plant trees for a living, but Flat Earthers tell me they don't exist



Chinese government blocks Guardian website


Pennsylvania identity theft case trends - PA Courts: “Over the last five years, Pennsylvania has seen a gradual decrease in identity theft cases. Identity theft is defined as the fraudulent use of another person’s identifying information (social security number, bank account, birth certificate etc.). The infographic below highlights key data including defendant demographics, identity theft case counts and outcomes as well as county-level data where identity theft is most prevalent (also see editor’s note).   A high-resolution file of the graphic is available for download here
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Story image for patrick senator from The Sydney Morning HeraldBeers and good faith: How a little-known senator will broker our future
The Sydney Morning Herald 


Deloitte predicts that by 2030 the five greatest skills shortages will be customer service, organisation and time management, health, digital literacy and leadership.

"Business leaders will have to make active choices, and just buying skills won't be enough. They will have to adopt an investment frame of mind, and train them," Mr Harris said.

Take heart, workplace of the future will need a human touch

Ross Gittins
Ross Gittins

MI5 accused of 'extraordinary and persistent illegality'


Photos of travellers to US hacked in data breach

The agency processes more than a million passengers and pedestrians crossing the US border on an average day, including more than 690,000 incoming travellers.


Alexandra Thornton & Galen Hendricks (Center for American Progress), Ending Special Tax Treatment for the Very Wealthy:

Over the past several decades, as concentrations of income and wealth have approached historic levels, taxes on the very wealthy have not kept up. In fact, taxes on the ultrarich have gone in the opposite direction. Tax changes enacted since the 1980s, including the recent Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) passed in December 2017, have eroded taxes on the people who have benefited the most from the economy, thereby aiding and abetting the widely acknowledged and troubling increase in wealth inequality. These changes have worsened a structural defect in the U.S. tax code—specifically, its failure to tax massive accumulations of wealth.





Silicon Valley has won big with a tax break aimed at small businesses.

Early investors and employees at Uber, Lyft, and other tech companies are getting a double reward this year: a wave of initial public offerings that puts billions of dollars in their pockets, and a quirk in the law that means some of that money will be tax-free.

Entrepreneurs, venture capital firms, and early startup employees are using the Qualified Small Business Stock, or QSBS, provision to partially or totally wipe out their tax bills. “It’s an awesome way to mitigate tax,” says Richard Scarpelli, head of financial planning at First Republic Private Wealth Management. Of all the strategies that investors and business owners use to lower capital-gains taxes, he says, “this is by far the best.”



The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him," said Arthur Miller, who understood shame... Shameless MEdia Dragon Pretenders 



John Rampton, via LinkedIn.
Seven skills that a tanked initiative can teach you, depending on you.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Can I Learn To Love Yoga?

MIT Technology review – US regulators will investigate whether companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Google have too much power. Here’s an introduction to the issues – Four tech juggernauts—Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook—are suddenly the target of new scrutiny by the US government. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC),  Department of Justice (DOJ), and Congress have all begun to investigate whether these companies have too much power. Breaking up will be hard to do. It’s going to be a long process and the outcome is far from certain…”

The New York Times – Go with your instinct over the wisdom of the crowd. “…The 21st-century virtual shopping experience can feel overwhelming and chaotic, but it’s the price we pay for the convenience of shopping at home. That’s why stars are everywhere. Without them, you’re vulnerable to decision paralysis. But with them, you still can’t shake the feeling that there’s a lot of homework to do — hours of life lost, scrolling through reviews, many of which were written by people who have little to nothing in common with you. It is completely understandable why we want to trust these ratings. But with a little more knowledge, we can free ourselves from being trapped by them…” 

New York Times op-ed:  Should You Be Able to Disinherit Your Child?, by Pamela Druckerman:
At lunchtime in France on Tuesday, all eyes were on a regional court near Paris that was set to rule on Johnny Hallyday, the iconic rock ’n’ roll singer who died in 2017.
The court was merely announcing whether it had jurisdiction over Mr. Hallyday’s estate or whether the case should be heard in California, where Mr. Hallyday lived during many of his final years. But at stake was a question that divides French and American law: Should you be allowed to disinherit your own kids?

Ever wonder if all of the LinkedIn profiles that boast comprehensive expertise, outstanding performance, and enviable recommendations…are well, real? – Fake LinkedIn Profiles Are Impossible to Detect: “Don’t trust everything you see on LinkedIn. We created a fake LinkedIn profile with a fake job at a real company. Our fake profile garnered the attention of a Google recruiter and gained over 170 connections and 100 skill endorsements. Everyone is talking about fake accounts on Facebook and fake followers on Twitter. LinkedIn hasn’t been part of the conversation, but Microsoft’s social network also has a big problem…[Note – this article is a must read – I had no idea that it was so easy to create fake LinkedIn profiles with what appear to be actual work histories, connections and bona fides…]