Usually I ask, then I act. But this week Bredemarket has just been asking…and I haven’t asked anything of fingerprint or face firms. Let me explain why I skipped over finger and face and went straight to iris and DNA.
Tag Archives: LinkedIn
#honeypot79
Oops, I did it again. Because LinkedIn employment fraud persists. Let’s see if the fraudsters have become smarter since November 2024.
As previously promised and as previously executed…
I’ve spent over 10 years in identity and biometrics, and other factors, including one-to-many identification, one-to-one verification, and classification (e.g. how old you are).
But as I have noted in an old article in the Bredemarket newsletter The Wildebeest Speaks, verifying someone’s identity only goes so far.
(For people reading this on LinkedIn: here comes #honeypot79, for those paying attention.)
For example, how many LinkedIn users sporting a green banner and an #opentowork hashtag have been approached by a person claiming to be from Company X…who is NOT from Company X?
That, my friends, is #employmentfraud – something that the REAL employees at all the Company X’s out there take very seriously.
Of course, no #fraudster who is doing something like that would be foolish enough to send me a LinkedIn InMail with such a claim…would they?
Or comment on this post and make such a claim?
You’d be surprised…
#fraud
#identity
#knowyourrecruiter
(Pre-Disney image of Winnie the Pooh and his hunny pot from the https://lnkd.in/g3rmtvSQ URL)
Afraid?
So I just checked in on a company that hasn’t posted ANYTHING on LinkedIn in three weeks.
And another that has been silent for two weeks.
If this is your company, we need to talk.
Unless you’re about to chapter out anyway.
Cedar and Grain
It’s one thing to create content.
It’s another to distribute it.
Because some distribution methods aren’t so great.
Lately I’ve focused on a few distribution channels for Bredemarket’s content.
Quarterly Close
I couldn’t wait to share this Google Lyria song, “Quarterly Close.” (Public Domain, of course.)
I will be using this song in a video that will be posted to the Bredemarket blog, to my Facebook and LinkedIn Bredemarket pages, and on my Bredemarket YouTube channel.
But you’ll have to wait to see it.
Until Monday, June 29, 2026 at 6:00 am Pacific Daylight Time.
In other words…near the quarterly close.
(June 29: “Not That Matrix” is here.)
When Lyria Gets Autobiographical
When Lyria Gets Autobiographical
(Well, my LinkedIn headline, anyway)
Three versions:
- Country, “The Right Questions”
- Synth pop, “The Architect’s Vision”
- Rap, “Stone-Cold Fact”
All Lyria output is Public Domain
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbredehoft
Well, It’s Shared On Socials
Why now?
It’s time.
Here are my current socials, by the way.
Let’s Go
Here we…go.
Behind the scenes
In the ultimate example of repurposing, I adapted the Bredemarket promotional video “It’s Time” to serve as a vehicle for my search for full-time employment—an embedded position with employer benefits.
Yes, many of the video’s themes are identical to those I emphasize in my Bredemarket consulting…because…I am Bredemarket. Even my AI helper Bredebot knows this.
And I use the same Google Lyria song.
Let’s Go
Here is my repurposed personal version of a Bredemarket video.
Verified Assets Only
This is a musical repurpose of my 2024 post “Know Your…Everyone.” I liked this Lyria effort better than the previous one on anti-money laundering. But just a little.
The Wildebeest Speaks Again After a Long Silence
Well, well, well. I haven’t updated “The Wildebeest Speaks” since (checks notes) March. Because reasons.
So I’ll provide an update about the work I’ve performed, the experiments I’ve conducted, and my latest contribution to the sum of human literature.
Visit LinkedIn to view the latest edition of The Wildebeest Speaks, “Bredemarket Update: Work, Experiments, and My Latest Publication.”
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