Around last year or so, I was not so privacy conscious yet but started my journey back then, doing some simple switchs at first (such as Linux, DuckDuckGo, Firefox, ProtonMail etc) but also around last year, one day when trying to access my LinkedIn account, my access was blocked and I was forced to…

[image] voucherteatrics: How should I move from here? To literally reuse your words, dump that email and make a new one. [image] voucherteatrics: I also can’t delete my LinkedIn account (and I think even if I did, upon creating a new one they’d just go and pull the same shit on my new on…

Nowadays it is borderline impossible to avoid using LinkedIn if you want to maintain a professional life and a job, mainly for survival reasons. LinkedIn literally takes hostage of your account and data until you unblock it with persona verification. You can’t even delete your account until you veri…

It is a bit unrelated, but if you are worried about your email being exposed, you should also check a website called Rocketreach. They scrape Linkedin, and if you forgot to hide your email account in the settings, it might be publicly visible on your mirrored Linkedin account.

[image] voucherteatrics: one day when trying to access my LinkedIn account, my access was blocked and I was forced to verify with Persona to get access back to my account, Do you have any idea why you access was blocked? Did you have 2FA enabled before you encountered this problem? You are …

[image] zoooom: Nowadays it is borderline impossible to avoid using LinkedIn if you want to maintain a professional life and a job, mainly for survival reasons. LinkedIn literally takes hostage of your account and data until you unblock it with persona verification. You can’t even delete your ac…

Want to know what’s worse? I’ve been through your exact same situation, except I was creating a new account. They blocked my account and asked for my ID, which I was forced to give EVEN FOR DELETION. The worst part is: Even after handing out my ID, my account was still blocked and I’m unable to del…

I understand, this is a recurring issue with other Privacy Guide Community members: [image] How to apply to jobs without social media (LinkedIn included)? Is this possible anymore? person_raising_handQuestions Title says it all. I’m currently in the job market…

Yes, I was in the OP’s shoes once. My account got blocked for “Suspicious Behavior”, and I got asked for a Persona verification. I couldn’t use or delete my account until I did the thing… This happened right after I lost my job. I waited for a month before doing the verification, and then I decided…

I was actually looking for something like this a while ago, thanks!

I’m so sorry to hear that. The timing was terrible too. Did you have 2FA enabled and/or used a VPN? I’m trying to understand why your account was blocked for suspicious behavior.

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shared personal details with Persona last year to get access back to my LinkedIn account, how cooked am I and how to proceed?

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Great, I was not around during January. If you need help deploying it on a VPS or better, I can provide technical support.

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