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LinkedIn problems
from kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to privacy@lemmy.ml on 23 Sep 15:03
https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/45490698

Most services ask for your email address and/or recovery key to recover your account. LinkedIn, on the other hand, goes full surveillance mode. It wants my actual government ID to give access to my account.

If this was critical banking service, I would have understood. But it is freakin LinkedIn, the most I have got out of that place is actual lunatics.

#privacy

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[deleted] on 23 Sep 15:14 next collapse

mwalimu@baraza.africa on 23 Sep 15:29 collapse

The horror! I detest that website with my all. It was one of the earliest places I saw a nasty dark pattern. They would bait you to pay to see who viewed your profile, preying on job seekers desperate for a signal that something may come their way. Nasty evil people those!

[deleted] on 24 Sep 03:26 collapse

artyom@piefed.social on 23 Sep 16:41 next collapse

Yeah it is super fucked.

twoBrokenThumbs@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 16:42 next collapse

Do you have to verify your identity? I know in the past you had that option but didn’t have to do it. But they just changed their terms of service so is this part of that?

kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de on 24 Sep 05:46 collapse

I don’t generally use LinkedIn. I opened it today after long time and got logged out and was shown this.

It is ironical because Microsoft owns LinkedIn but for rescuing a Microsoft account (which is arguably more important because emails at the least are linked to it. And then there is One drive, Authenticator apps and what not) none of this is required. But for rescuing what is essentially a fruitless social network, they need an ID.

rozodru@piefed.social on 23 Sep 17:02 next collapse

Honestly as someone who would wish nothing more than having to stop using linkedin…yeah they can close my account.

The only thing I use it for is arguing with tech bros and calling them morons so as to drum up my own clients. that works. beyond that it’s absolutely useless. I just wouldn’t bother with them, close your account, you’ll be better off.

guy@piefed.social on 23 Sep 17:20 next collapse

This is the reason as to why I was a linkedin member until I tried to login the day after I created the account. Thanks but no thanks.

SpookyMulder@twun.io on 23 Sep 17:49 next collapse

Can’t close your account or request deletion of your data, either. Same thing happened to me.

trilobite@lemmy.ml on 30 Sep 07:28 collapse

Surely that can’t be true if you live in the EU. GDPR would screw them.

katamari_22@lemmy.ml on 24 Sep 07:36 next collapse

Is this after you hibernated your account?

Armand1@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 14:04 collapse

Persona!