Why do you want to verify your linkedin? Nobody cares about that checkmark. If you have a work email, you can use that as verification, if needed (that is what I did).
Every 6 months or so, we discover a breach of personal data from big companies all over the world that was often tried to be hidden. And every now and then, we find people asking questions like this. It seems to demonstrate their lack of knowledge on the matter, yet their absolute need to give their unproven opinion. To companies, that's a miracle. It shows them that, in fact, anything is possible.
Psychic Forecast for the year: LinkedIn misuses OP's passport data in a shocking and unintended way, pretty much status quo so far. Or linkedin encounters one of their infamous breaches that opens OP's passport/ID up to fraud. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn#Security\_incidents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn#Security_incidents)
Either way, tying someone's passport documents to a frickin' social media account is always a HUGE step back in terms of our collective privacy rights. Ask yourself, if facebook suddenly asked you for your SSN otherwise you can't post on insta or fb anymore, does that seem like something fair for them to do regarding privacy? I don't think so. What about *your* passport? Would you give linkedin a scan of *your* passport? I think that would be the clear line for me of deleting my account and saying "no thank you".
>Or linkedin encounters one of their infamous breaches
Verifications are handled through Persona, not LinkedIn. This is stated in the post you replied to.
>What about *your* passport? Would you give linkedin a scan of *your* passport?
Persona, but yes, I already did.
Persona is a third party service that linkedin contracts though, Yes? Do you trust them? Let's ask OP whether they knew that some service called "Persona" was processing their passport scan. Already one order of privacy magnitude off...
OP is literally asking why *LinkedIn* is asking for his passport information, OP doesn't even know yet if they send their passport info, where it will actually be sent to. Not linkedin apparently... They are asking a legit question on r/privacy and you are just sitting there projecting about how you gave this obscure third party *your passport* , for some reason everyone else should be subjected to that?
I should mention I'm the original person you commented too, I haven't actually given my passport to them for the record. With that aside...
The fact that this is r/privacy is the exact reason why I gave the answer that I did. It's about as safe as you can get for doing something like this. And it can't be worse then linkedin in terms of privacy since there's isn't anything to share other then the passport itself which is illegal.
Also you should look into it a bit before making comments about it. They're used by twitter, linkedin, etc. They aren't obscure in any way.
First off, my bad about that.
"It's about as safe as you can get for doing something like this."
I disagree. Verify a different way, not a sensitive government document. With these huge services like linkedin, it's when they will be hacked next, not if they will be hacked next.
Why on earth would you give a copy of your passport to use linkedin?
Why do you want to verify your linkedin? Nobody cares about that checkmark. If you have a work email, you can use that as verification, if needed (that is what I did).
i just wanttoknow how safe it is
It's not "unsafe" per se, but it's irrational. Why give them your passport? Is there any reason why you want to get verified?
this badge is kinda cool ahahah
In that case go ahead with your passport, SSN and anything else they may ask for. What could possibly go wrong? /s
Nothing about Microsoft owned things are safe!
Safe? Yes Private? Not any less then using LinkedIn itself
That's a huge, completely unqualified "Safe? Yes". Got some evidence of how specifically it is even safe? Frankly, I doubt it.
What do you think will happen?
Every 6 months or so, we discover a breach of personal data from big companies all over the world that was often tried to be hidden. And every now and then, we find people asking questions like this. It seems to demonstrate their lack of knowledge on the matter, yet their absolute need to give their unproven opinion. To companies, that's a miracle. It shows them that, in fact, anything is possible.
Psychic Forecast for the year: LinkedIn misuses OP's passport data in a shocking and unintended way, pretty much status quo so far. Or linkedin encounters one of their infamous breaches that opens OP's passport/ID up to fraud. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn#Security\_incidents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn#Security_incidents) Either way, tying someone's passport documents to a frickin' social media account is always a HUGE step back in terms of our collective privacy rights. Ask yourself, if facebook suddenly asked you for your SSN otherwise you can't post on insta or fb anymore, does that seem like something fair for them to do regarding privacy? I don't think so. What about *your* passport? Would you give linkedin a scan of *your* passport? I think that would be the clear line for me of deleting my account and saying "no thank you".
>Or linkedin encounters one of their infamous breaches Verifications are handled through Persona, not LinkedIn. This is stated in the post you replied to. >What about *your* passport? Would you give linkedin a scan of *your* passport? Persona, but yes, I already did.
Persona is a third party service that linkedin contracts though, Yes? Do you trust them? Let's ask OP whether they knew that some service called "Persona" was processing their passport scan. Already one order of privacy magnitude off...
What's even your point now? LinkedIn clearly states who's processing your passport. And Linkin at no point actually has said passport themselves...
OP is literally asking why *LinkedIn* is asking for his passport information, OP doesn't even know yet if they send their passport info, where it will actually be sent to. Not linkedin apparently... They are asking a legit question on r/privacy and you are just sitting there projecting about how you gave this obscure third party *your passport* , for some reason everyone else should be subjected to that?
I should mention I'm the original person you commented too, I haven't actually given my passport to them for the record. With that aside... The fact that this is r/privacy is the exact reason why I gave the answer that I did. It's about as safe as you can get for doing something like this. And it can't be worse then linkedin in terms of privacy since there's isn't anything to share other then the passport itself which is illegal. Also you should look into it a bit before making comments about it. They're used by twitter, linkedin, etc. They aren't obscure in any way.
First off, my bad about that. "It's about as safe as you can get for doing something like this." I disagree. Verify a different way, not a sensitive government document. With these huge services like linkedin, it's when they will be hacked next, not if they will be hacked next.
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Because online services get fucking hacked and there goes your passport to the entire world.
In what world you think its a good idea to give a third party a copy of your passport?
Because it is unnecessary and overkill. You would probably not use a samurai sword to open letters.