I’m generally pro verified ID - can’t see social platforms surviving Agentic AI without it - but it pays to read the terms of service when you do so. OP does the breakdown for us here on
LinkedIn’s verification process - turns out its, a third party company which does the ID checking, and which then goes on to holds onto your data…useful how-to at the end if you want to protect where your ID data goes and who holds it. H/T to brainfooders
Dorothy Dalton and
Andrew Stetsenko for the shares.