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I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over

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Post by PacificSpecific »

SahAssar wrote: post #10
PacificSpecific wrote: post #5

I wonder what mongo and snowflake are doing with that data. The table is a little vague. I was under the impression they just make database products. Do they have a side hustle involving collecting this type of data?

Subprocessor usually just means that you use their products in a way that your personal data passes through them. For example, let's say you are using cloudflare and aws to host a site, then your subprocessors would be cloudflare and aws. It can be some more nefarious use, but it can also just be that they (persona in this case) use their services to process/store your data.

Ah I see that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.

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Post by onetokeoverthe »

globalnode wrote: post #2

What a sad story. I feel sorry for this person. But it was very naive to put that data up in the first place. I recently tried to open a FB acct so I could connect with local community but within 2 days I was accused of being a bot and asked to start a video interview with a verification bot. That didn't happen, local community can do without me ;)

insane. interview with a bot.

dropped linkedin after ten years due to an id request.

hurts but if EVERYONE SAID NO it would be better tomorrow.

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Post by LadyCailin »

SanjayMehta wrote: post #4

LinkedIn locked me out of my account, and wants me to verify via this same Persona company. I didn't read the terms but there's no way I'm giving Microsoft or its minions my govt id. What this user missed is the affidavit option: you can get a piece of paper attested by a local authority and upload that instead, if you really really need a LinkedIn verified account. Microsoft can go jump.

The trouble is, now it WILL be harder for you to find a job later. These policies are “your choice” like a diabetic taking insulin “chooses” to take insulin. If we actually treat things like this as a choice, the word loses all meaning.

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Post by nalekberov »

You can verify yourself using company email address - maybe I am being naive to think that it’s much safer, but it’s way better than handing over your ID data.

I never understand why people supply too much info about themselves for small gains.

People at LinkedIn wants you to believe that your career is safe if you play by their games, but ironically they are one of the main reasons why companies nowadays are comfortable with hiring and firing fast.

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Post by lkramer »

blaze33 wrote: post #14

> My NFC chip data — the digital info stored on the chip inside my passport Do we know how they get that? Because my fingerprints are also in there, so...

They will have an app that asks to scan you passport with your phone's NFC reader. It's pretty common for Identity Verification.

Re: I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over

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Post by ColinWright »

I used to have a LinkedIn account, a long time ago. To register I created an email address that was unique to LinkedIn, and pretty much unguessable ... certainly not amenable to a dictionary attack.

I ended up deciding that I was getting no value from the account, and I heard unpleasant things about the company, so I deleted the account.

Within hours I started to get spam to that unique email address.

It would be interesting to run a semi-controlled experiment to test whether this was a fluke, or if they leaked, sold, or otherwise lost control of my data. But absolutely I will not trust them with anything I want to keep private.

I do not trust LinkedIn to keep my data secure ... I believe they sold it.

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