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LinkedIn problems (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

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?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago

    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.

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