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submitted 5 days ago by SitD@lemy.lol to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I know this might come across as a very impractical expectation but I wanted to hear from people who have a fulfilling career and also a sense for privacy: How did you do it?

I've recently had trouble finding a new job in the tech sector. So far I've been doing alright without LinkedIn, just directly applying to companies, but it seems less successful now. So I thought what the hell, might have to do this after all. After I've made an account I got quickly banned for logging in once from a VPN connection. Only way to get unbanned is to give my government ID to them - but that really rubs me the wrong way (so many leaks of IDs recently and all).

I'm remaining banned for the moment, contemplating what impact this might have on my career. It gives me a fair bit of anxiety, considering that my sense of where my boundaries are seems to be deemed unacceptable by the monopoly of international job markets. Should I just give in and send my ID? Am I delusional?

As always, I appreciate the discourse of this wonderfully decentralized community we have here on lemmy! ☺️

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[–] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If your "private" persona is uploading government IDs, you're doing it wrong.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

OP is required to upload a valid government issued ID to use LinkedIn. Are you saying they should not use LinkedIn, full stop? I’m not following how you are advising them to get a job.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

When they ask to see your ID, they probably also define exactly which parts of the it they want to see. If you choose to comply, you could still cover everything else from the ID card.

Ideally though, you would tell them where they can shove these requests. In reality, avoiding LI is getting a bit hard.

[–] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not with their private persona... I am saying they should maintain a normie persona that is spied on and use that for having a public persona for professional purposes that is completely separated via a separate device/duapboot from a private persona they primarily use and observe best practices with

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Which one has a legitimate government issued ID, and which does not?

[–] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Are you a bot, or just trolling or what?

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 days ago

I’m seriously not understanding your argument. I THINK you are trying to indicate that the secret persona is made up, and does not have any connection to the “real” person, who is the one with valid identification and employment. Which I always assumed was how we all were doing it.