Is hiQ a competitor to LinkedIn? They scrape people’s profiles so they can snitch to employers about employees whom they think are job hunting. AFAIK, that’s not a service LinkedIn provides.

Moreover, I would like it both ways. Access control would be great, but it sidesteps the underlying issue. I’m fine with my profile being public — in fact, I want it to be — but I don’t want my data to be vacuumed up and weaponized against me.

I agree that anti-hacking laws are not appropriate here. But what hiQ is doing is sleazy as heck, and we should absolutely try to throw out as much bathwater as possible without throwing out the baby too.