Tell HN: Triplebyte is, yet again, making user profiles public without consent
Triplebyte (YC S15) is a tech recruiting company that operates by getting developers to take skill tests, and then using the results to match them with employers. Back in 2020, they got in a lot of hot water by suddenly announcing that user profiles – which had been collected with assurances that the data wouldn’t be shared without consent – would be made public, unless you opted out within a week[1]. This provoked a lot of backlash, especial … ⌘ Read more