Ask HN: LinkedIn Sent Invitations Automatically

1 points by jrwan 4y ago ↗ HN

I would like to know whether anyone experiences Linkedin sends invitations for connecting on behalf of you without your permission? I casually get notifications which inform me that someone has accepted my invitation which I never sent. I want to contact Linkedin customer support but it seems there is only a Help page.

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greenyoda 4y ago ↗

This has never happened to me. Did you ever share your e-mail contacts with LinkedIn? (Under your LinkedIn "Account preferences", select "Syncing options", then "Sync contacts" to see if your contact lists are being synced with LinkedIn.)

jrwan 4y ago ↗

Thanks for the reply. Just checked the settings and I do not turn on the "Sync contacts" feature. This is super weird.