To get back into a locked account, LinkedIn hands you to Persona — a $2-billion third party that photographs your passport, scans its chip, and maps your face.

LinkedIn locked me out of my own account. The only way back is through Persona — a third-party service that wants a photo of my passport, a scan of my face, and a recording of my movements (liveness detection: turn your head, follow the dot, so a still photo can’t stand in for me). The stated reason: “unusual activity.” The real reason, of course, is big tech spearheading a movement toward absolute control over people.

  • ObM@lemmy.world
    15·
    15 hours ago

    FWIW. I have defeated live cam with subtle random movement with an AI generated face video looking straight ahead with slight movement, blinking, slightly wider shot (wider shot mean angles aren’t as obvious and a little random movement was sufficient).

    I served this back through OBS (Open Broadcast Studio).

    But it’s fucked that we need to resort to tricks.

    • utopiah@lemmy.ml
      5·
      14 hours ago

      That’s the worst part, their justification for more information to make one safer doesn’t even work. For-profit security theater.