I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over. | THE LOCAL STACK
When you click “verify” on LinkedIn, you’re not giving your passport to LinkedIn. You get redirected to a company called Persona. Full name : Persona Identities, Inc. Based in San Francisco, California. LinkedIn is their client. You are the face being scanned. […] They use uploaded images of identity documents — that’s my passport — to train their AI. […] And look at who’s doing “Data Extraction and Analysis” — Anthropic, OpenAI, and Groqcloud. Three AI companies are processing your passport and selfie data.
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https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/