YSK How to opt out of LinkedIn using your profile to train generative AI

Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨otter@lemmy.ca⁩ to ⁨youshouldknow@lemmy.world⁩

https://proton.me/blog/linkedin-ai-training

Please check out the article in case I missed anything. Assuming you need to keep your account for work, here are the direct links for each step (or instructions where a direct link is not possible):

Go to this page and turn it off: www.linkedin.com/…/data-for-ai-improvement
Submit this form: www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/TS-DPRO

In addition:

check this page for other privacy settings: www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/…/privacy
Delete unnecessary personal information:
- Profile image > Manage > Posts and Activity
- Profile image > View Profile > remove anything you don’t need to include
- Go to this page and delete old resumes: www.linkedin.com/jobs/application-settings/^___^

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JTskulk@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I went to the first page and it asked for a login :/

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- otter@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The opt out is specific to your account. If you don’t have an account, its less likely that you have information with them to delete, but you can submit the form I think
  
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  - JTskulk@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I guess I’ll never know, because I don’t want to have an account and I also don’t want them to have any data of mine.
    
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DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I just killed my LinkedIn because it was useless to me anyways.

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Dagnet@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Joke on the, I used AI to write my profile

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- victorz@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  [feedback intensifies]
  
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moseschrute@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is very easily actionable with the links. Thanks op!

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FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Also opted out of my data being used for ads while I was at it. Thanks OP.

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desmosthenes@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
my hero

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SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Wish I could opt out of having LinkedIn entirely. It makes me so annoyed that so many jobs require you to have it in order to apply

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Carighan@piefed.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Is it an EU thing that they included a link to do this directly in the announcement mail? Either way, thanks for posting this!

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cheeseburger@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Thank you for making this straightforward, otter. I really appreciate the post.

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- otter@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  No problem, hope it saved people some time :)
  
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  - Idontcare@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It absolutely did. Thanks a ton!
    
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Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Why is this shit always opt-out?

Are they afraid it’s a shit feature, so no one would be want to opt in?

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- renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Because Techbros really struggle with consent.
  
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  - justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    This dates tactic predates the internet.
    
    Cable, telephone and banks used to do this regularly.
    
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- WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Because we live in corporate dictatorships with the illusion of “democracy”.
  
  Wait until you find out how most regulations are enforced by “self-reporting”… the honor system, lol.
  
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- TheOneCurly@feddit.online ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It reframes a thing as your fault if you miss the opt-out window. They are blame free and you failed to protect yourself.
  
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- justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  In a word, yes.
  
  They know it benefits them more than us, so they make it opt-out.
  
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  - Tanoh@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    They also know that just a tiny tiny percentage of users will go into settings, and even less actually change something.
    
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