A not so well thought-out feature - or defect - allows any LinkedIn. user to indicate the company they work for has acquired, merged with or become a division of another company without any third-party verification whatsoever. Worse, when a user falsely claims company A has e.g. purchased company B, this will actually show up on company B's public profile as such. Needless to say, this could cause quite some confusion. For examples, head on over to the LinkedIn profiles of Yahoo! and Google. , which are both apparently owned by a Pakistani web hosting firm with about 10 employees. Or take a look at the public LinkedIn profile of Internet commerce giant eBay. , which is seemingly a subsidiary to collector community and marketplace. operator Colnect. , whose founder and sole employee Amir Wald. tipped us. about the 'feature'
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