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>The concern I have with this is that it provides a bit too much information to potential crackers.

Only the script kiddies. The ones you have to worry about have bots and automated scans that can figure that stuff out in an instant.

Yeah, unbelievably shocking that such an advanced web company as LinkedIn could be so negligent. Amateur bitcoin sites, social media sites, venerable Web 1.0 ones like Last.fm don't surprise me much, but LinkedIn? WTF.




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