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@aral on a somewhat related note LinkedIn wants me to upload my ID to be able to close my account because I do not agree with uploading my ID to continue to use it… and you need an unblocked account to contact the DPO to exercise your rights which implies… uploading the ID. Kind of a catch-22
@freci @aral What? I have not received any requests to upload my ID or to verify my identity on linkedin.
Is this country specific?
If your account is based in europe, just publish fake news or write "negro" and then issue a complaint against yourself, and linkedin will be forced to suspend your account or be in breach of any nr of censorship laws which are very popular in europe at the moment.
@freci @aral But I often thought about what I would do in case they would start to harass me with ID, but I think I'd probably just close down my account, and open an account on behalf of my company (possibly, unless it also has the same ID constraints) instead.
Linkedin has frankly become less and less uesful throughout the year, and I don't even remember the last time it actually was beneficial.