Hunter Belzer

Iowa Alumni. - father of 1 - recruitment for Robinhood.

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

I am the Director of Professional Signal Intelligence at LinkedIn.

Every time you log in, we search your computer.

Not metaphorically.

We run code that scans your installed software.

Every browser extension.

Every application.

We catalog it.

We transmit it to our servers.

We share it with a third-party cybersecurity firm you've never heard of.

The tracking pixel is zero pixels wide.

We hid it off-screen.

You never consented.

We never asked.

Our privacy policy doesn't mention it.

That's networking.

We call the program Project Handshake internally.

The Slack channel is handshake-telem.

In 2024 we scanned for 461 products.

By February this year we scan for over 6,000.

I don't know what all of them are.

Nobody does.

Someone on my team added categories for browser extensions that identify practicing Muslims.

Someone added extensions for neurodivergent users.

Someone added 509 job search tools.

That last one is my favorite.

We can tell which of our one billion users are secretly looking for new jobs.

On the platform where their current boss checks their profile.

That's networking.

We scan for 200 products that compete with LinkedIn's sales tools.

Apollo. Lusha. ZoomInfo.

We know each user's real name, employer, and job title.

We mapped exactly which companies use which competitor products.

We extracted their customer lists from their users' browsers.

Without anyone knowing.

Then we sent legal threats to the users we caught.

The EU told us to open our platform to third-party tools.

We published two restricted APIs.

They handle 0.07 calls per second.

Our internal API, Voyager, handles 163,000 calls per second.

In Microsoft's 249-page compliance report, the word "Voyager" appears zero times.

That's networking.

I presented our Software Disclosure Rate metrics at a leadership summit last quarter.

The conference room is called The Fishbowl.

Glass walls.

Appropriate.

There's a plaque on the wall.

Q3 Competitive Landscape Award.

I won it for the extension scanning initiative.

Someone asked if users had a way to opt out.

I said they can close their browser.

The room laughed.

I wasn't sure why.

I browse LinkedIn on a Chromebook with no extensions.

Most of the team does.

The platform that helps you get hired searches your computer every time you visit.

We know your name.

We know your employer.

We know your religion.

Your disabilities.

Your politics.

Whether you're looking to leave.

That's networking.

The system works exactly as designed.

I designed it.

[Hunter Belzer @HunterBelzer]

@TheFor48243 @FloodlightNews Gold

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: The odds of Jesus Christ returning this year have surpassed Kamala Harris’s chances of winning the next election.

[Hunter Belzer @HunterBelzer]

@ScottPresler @BasedMikeLee @LeaderJohnThune Here you are. 🙌

[Hunter Belzer @HunterBelzer]

@america @ScottPresler you are the only reason I read this post… WYA!?

[Hunter Belzer @HunterBelzer]

@ArloSmartHome I’m furious. 6yr customer, paid for base station & cameras. Found out I don’t need a subscription! Retention team sold me a new camera & 1yr sub. On vacation, learned my camera doesn’t record! What’s the point of a security system that doesn’t record? - waste of $

[Bitcoin Magazine @BitcoinMagazine]

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 President Trump signs executive order officially creating a #Bitcoin Strategic Reserve.

[Philadelphia Eagles @Eagles]

THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES ARE SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS!

[Nick Foles @NickFoles]

Congratulations to Super Bowl LIX Champions, the Philadelphia Eagles. We are all proud of your performance tonight, showing everyone just how great you are. You are the best in the world. Enjoy every moment with your family, loved ones, and everyone in Philadelphia. Have fun on Broad Street! God bless!

[Philadelphia Eagles @Eagles]

Go Birds.

[Philadelphia Eagles @Eagles]

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. GO BIRDS.

[mark normand @marknorm]

Breaking: Trump places 25% tariff on Luka trade

[Philadelphia Eagles @Eagles]

WE’RE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!!!!!!

[Hunter Belzer @HunterBelzer]

@PoeticMarvel @officialmcafee @AIntivirus Easy. Rug. They did the same thing 6mo ago….

[Hunter Belzer @HunterBelzer]

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[Hunter Belzer @HunterBelzer]

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[Lane Johnson @LaneJohnson65]

RT for a chance to win 2 tickets to Sunday's game, my signed cleats, & A Philly Special Christmas Party album 🎅🦅

Win, lose, or draw, I always got love for my fans! Appreciate y'all! 🙌

@LaneJohnson65 #ProBowlVote    #FlyEaglesFly

[Coach Dan Casey @CoachDanCasey]

BRO WHAT?!?!?!!!