First things first, I’ve updated my LI account with a new e-mail and 2FA and now my account is “Temporarily restricted”. LinkedIn require me to send them either my ID card (no way) or my legal information certified by a lawyer in my country (no way). The ID seems to be “verified” (they are nothing to compare against) by Persona, a third-party that is located in US.
I kindly asked by mail to delete my account (as outlined in Article 17 of the GDPR) using a webcall or a short video with me talkie-talking about how I would like to recover my account. “Kindly asked” whether they prefer me to bring the matter to the court (Article 77 of the GDPR). Gonna see what they reply.
Anybody who went through this? Any success? Any arguments that seemed to work on the support?
Proper identification requires a logged in device to take a picture of you and possibly a short video in which the document is moved in front of the camera (to confirm the holograms).
Seems like you can still use trickery there but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Total security is the same as zero risk: it does not exist. Still requiring companies to properly collect documentation about data subject requests is a positive in my book.