{"id":2992,"date":"2023-05-01T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yourtechupdates.com\/?p=964"},"modified":"2023-05-01T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T00:05:00","slug":"linkedin-takes-action-to-tackle-fake-accounts-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nzinganet.net\/linkedin-takes-action-to-tackle-fake-accounts-3\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn takes action to tackle fake accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/821208902?h=3fa1cb8a55\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn is introducing new verification features over the coming months to help tackle fake accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The business-focused social platform is a fantastic place to connect with like-minded businesspeople, and to find new employees, jobs and opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>But thanks to this popularity, we\u2019re seeing an increase in fake profiles, created by scammers for more sinister purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Bot-like accounts have been cropping up all over the platform. They\u2019ve been spamming people, tricking genuine profiles into downloading malware, and scamming them into giving away personal data.<\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn holds a huge amount of information on each of its members, including their job history, contact details, professional interests and places of work \u2013&nbsp;all valuable data that a determined criminal could put to use.<\/p>\n<p>These fake accounts can be hard to spot. They look like real people (sometimes they\u2019re AI-generated deepfake images), they seem to work for legitimate businesses, and the profiles have been carefully curated to look like the real deal.<\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn is making changes over the coming months to help tackle these fake accounts, by way of an improved account authentication process.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft, which owns LinkedIn, is partnering with secure identity platform Clear to help verify accounts using work email addresses, government-issued ID, and a phone number.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s initially only being tested in the US, but if it\u2019s a success, we expect we\u2019ll see a wider rollout over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Once the relevant information has been provided, accounts will receive a verification mark, like the ones introduced by Twitter. However, unlike Twitter, LinkedIn will be offering verification free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll keep you updated when we know more, but in the meantime, if you need help keeping all your accounts secure, get in touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn is introducing new verification features over the coming months to help tackle fake accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LinkedIn takes action to tackle fake accounts - NzingaNet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nzinganet.net\/linkedin-takes-action-to-tackle-fake-accounts-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LinkedIn takes action to tackle fake accounts - 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