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.

  • FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    Are we being expelled from society for not accepting this bullyish control.

    TBH I feel that is a really important point.

    OK, fine, Linkedin, most ppl can just leave it. We managed before it existed, we’ll manage without it. But your point is bigger than Linkedin. It’s like a cancer. It spreads everywhere. It comes for things we all want or need to do. For the basic elements of living in the modern world.

    I feel your pain man. But IDK what to do. Except keep fighting the good fight. It feels like trying to hold back the tide.