Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. You join LinkedIn to share information with strangers or casual acquaintances, so it may seem like one social service ...

Many regard LinkedIn as the “safe” social network–there are no games that jeopardize your privacy, you aren’t posting incriminating photos of last weekend’s Halloween party and you’re not TKTKTKTK.

Privacy advocates' criticism over recent moves by Facebook and Google Buzz begs the question: Is privacy possible in a social network? And, if so, which social ...

Since LinkedIn doesn’t require you to share the same types of personal information as you do on Facebook, the service’s privacy settings appear to be much more straightforward than its less ...