LinkedIn: self-reported privacy from an automated decision

The author's LinkedIn account was hacked, and LinkedIn's automated identity-recovery system demanded biometric data via a third-party vendor with no human alternative; upon regaining access, their entire work history had been erased by LinkedIn's automated processes.

Date it happened

2026-04-03

Organisation involved

LinkedIn

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