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Re:I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Handed Over by astura on Saturday February 21, 2026 @02:31PM (#47103858)
What's the government going to do with a picture of the ID they, themselves issued to you?
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Re:I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Handed Over by JoshTriplett on Saturday February 21, 2026 @03:39PM (#47104495)
Associate it with the specific service they don't want you using, or transactions they don't want you making, or conversations and connections they don't want you having.
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Re:I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Handed Over by attila-lendvai on Saturday February 21, 2026 @06:43PM (#47106337)
it's one service collecting ID's issued by dozens of governments.

the already too centralized is being made even more centralized here.

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Re:I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Handed Over by SilverElfin on Saturday February 21, 2026 @07:05PM (#47106506)
As an example, the state government may issue a particular ID that I use in several different places. But the federal government did not issue that ID to me.
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Re:I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Handed Over by Jolter on Sunday February 22, 2026 @12:28AM (#47108472)
Keep in mind for most users of the service, the ID was not issued by the US government.
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Re:I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Handed Over by Biganon on Sunday February 22, 2026 @06:40AM (#47110224)
TIL the US government issued my Swiss passport
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