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Quick Reality Check
LinkedIn will use your profile and posts to train its new AI models by default.
What happened:
LinkedIn just updated its policy. Your posts, comments, and profile info can now be used to train its AI by default. Even though private messages are excluded, it still raises real questions about privacy, consent, and how your data is being used.
Why it matters:
Your LinkedIn profile holds your professional identity: work history, skills, contacts, and posts. LinkedIn is quietly using your public activity and profile to train AI models by default, which raises privacy, consent, and data ownership concerns. Even if private messages aren’t included, your career history, skills, and posts can help shape AI tools without your explicit approval or compensation.
Read more, here
60-Second Protection Fix
Here is what to do right now to protect yourself:
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Log in to LinkedIn and click on your avatar → “Settings & Privacy” In the left menu choose “Data privacy”
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Within Data privacy go to “Data for Generative AI Improvement” — this is the setting that determines whether LinkedIn can use your data/content to train generative AI models.
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Toggle the option “Use my data for training content-creation AI models” OFF. This prevents future usage of your data for that purpose.
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Limit what you share: post to Connections only and avoid personal details.
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Review connected apps. In Settings → Partners and services and remove ones you don’t trust.
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Recheck these settings monthly, since updates can reset preferences.
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Check Out Identity and Access Management (IAM) (aka “The Gatekeepers”)
When platforms use profile data to power AI, IAM professionals decide who can access what, maintain user trust, and protect account integrity at scale. If you like combining privacy, security, and user experience, this could be your path.
Learn more about IAM in my Free Intro Course: Cyber Paths 101
What You Missed This Week
LinkedIn will start using your data to train its AI, unless you opt out with these steps. Click on the image or here to learn more.
Let’s keep building together!
Stay protected,
Cybersecurity Girl
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