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Submission + - Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent (arstechnica.com)

SpzToid writes: Anonymous review site Glassdoor now consults public sources to identify users.

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Glassdoor, where employees go to leave anonymous reviews of employers, has recently begun adding real names to user profiles without users' consent, a Glassdoor user named Monica was shocked to discover last week.

"Time to delete your Glassdoor account and data," Monica, a Midwest-based software professional, warned other Glassdoor users in a blog. (Ars will only refer to Monica by her first name so that she can speak freely about her experience using Glassdoor to review employers.)

Monica joined Glassdoor about 10 years ago, she said, leaving a few reviews for her employers, taking advantage of other employees' reviews when considering new opportunities, and hoping to help others survey their job options. This month, though, she abruptly deleted her account after she contacted Glassdoor support to request help removing information from her account. She never expected that instead of removing information, Glassdoor's support team would take the real name that she provided in her support email and add it to her Glassdoor profile—despite Monica repeatedly and explicitly not consenting to Glassdoor storing her real name.

Although it's common for many online users to link services at sign-up to Facebook or Gmail accounts to verify identity and streamline logins, for years, Glassdoor has notably allowed users to sign up for its service anonymously. But in 2021, Glassdoor acquired Fishbowl, a professional networking app that integrated with Glassdoor last July. This acquisition meant that every Glassdoor user was automatically signed up for a Fishbowl account. And because Fishbowl requires users to verify their identities, Glassdoor's terms of service changed to require all users to be verified.

While users can remain anonymous, this change raises some potential concerns about data privacy and anonymity, Aaron Mackey, a lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), told Ars.

Submission + - McDonald's experiences tech outages worldwide, impacting some restaurants (usatoday.com) 1

SpzToid writes: McDonald's experienced a technology outage worldwide Friday, and patrons were not 'lovin it.

“We are aware of a technology outage, which impacted our restaurants; the issue is now being resolved," reads a statement provided to USA TODAY from McDonald's Corporation. "We thank customers for their patience and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused."

The Chicago-based company said the outage is not related to a cyberattack. According to the Associated Press, the issues popped up in McDonald's locations all over the world, including in Bangkok, Milan and London, where people were able to order food again after the issues passed.

Comment Re:bang on something - tap code (Score 1) 113

I think that's what the Astros did a few years ago against the Dodgers.

The players then banged on a trash can with a bat or a massage device known as a Theragun once or twice to signal to the batter to be ready for a curveball or another off-speed pitch. If it was a fastball, they would not bang on the trash can.

https://www.nytimes.com/articl...

Comment Capitol Records, Hollywood (Score 4, Informative) 113

The blinking light atop the famous, round Capitol Records tower in Los Angeles spells out the word "Hollywood" in Morse code. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Click the link to read "Hollywood" in Morse code. I copy/pasted that text and receive this helpful message from the slashdots: Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted! Filter error: Please use fewer 'junk' characters. So besides unicode, Slashdot won't do Morse ether.

Comment Re:ESXi, Workstation, Fusion (Score 1) 79

Even for more mundane less important components they require multiple vendors are available in case one implodes like that.

The government doesn't seem to care about multiple vendors much at all. In fact it's been my experience all the government cares about is Microsoft and the default answer for a developer requesting to use anything else is, "No", with an uphill bureaucratic battle ahead if anything else is ever gonna happen.

Like, once we had to use Microsoft TFS which is a garbage product that competes with Atlassian JIRA, OpenProject and Notion. I'm no fan of JIRA mind you, but JIRA is like playing with puppies compared to using gawdaful TFS. TFS is so bad, the government started using JIRA.

(I like both Notion and OpenProject a lot! I use Notion for free personally)

Comment ESXi, Workstation, Fusion (Score 4, Interesting) 79

As a developer, I've been using Workstation on Linux and Windows for many, many years, along with an ESXi server at home. VMware Workstation used to be the only approved way to run a Linux LAMP stack on a US government notebook PC. As a result, I've also personally paid for %$#@! Workstation forced annual upgrades on and off for years, and now this. My fairly loyal developer's investment became toast overnight, with an a sudden announcement.

Thankfully over the last few years DDEV (docker containers) have greatly simplified my life while reducing resources requirements. As a developer, I can't say enough good things about DDEV and similar container technology. DDEV is the future, while VMware is merely a decaying husk of what it once was.

Submission + - Nearly 25,000 tech workers were laid in the first weeks of 2024. What's going on (npr.org) 3

SpzToid writes: Nearly 25,000 tech workers were laid in the first weeks of 2024. What's going on?

Last year was, by all accounts, a bloodbath for the tech industry, with more than 260,000 jobs vanishing — the worse 12 months for Silicon Valley since the dot-com crash of the early 2000s.

Executives justified the mass layoffs by citing a pandemic hiring binge, high inflation and weak consumer demand.

Now in 2024, tech company workforces have largely returned to pre-pandemic levels, inflation is half of what it was this time last year and consumer confidence is rebounding.

Yet, in the first four weeks of this year, nearly 100 tech companies, including Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, TikTok and Salesforce have collectively let go of about 25,000 employees, according to layoffs.fyi, which tracks the technology sector.

Comment Re:It happened before! During Trump's first term. (Score 1) 191

The referenced article makes oh so clear, heaven forbid you find yourself working for the Federal government as a scientist working on something like climate changes for American farmers growing crops during Trump's second 4-year term. Like if you didn't already know as a scientist, you're gonna realize you've got a massive target on your back because of all those 'alternative facts' and special interests.

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