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LinkedIn will soon train AI models with data from European users

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160 points skilled | 2 comments | 22 Sep 25 09:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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rckt ◴[22 Sep 25 10:34 UTC] No.45331491[source]▶
You can opt out here: https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/m/settings/data-for-a...
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Igrom ◴[22 Sep 25 10:39 UTC] No.45331543[source]▶
Thanks. This should have been _opt in_, and not opt out, regardless of any LinkedIn newsletter emails that automatically go to the garbage bin.
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amelius ◴[22 Sep 25 10:44 UTC] No.45331593[source]▶
Surprised the EU did not make "opt in" the mandatory default for something like this.
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nwellnhof ◴[22 Sep 25 11:05 UTC] No.45331758{3}[source]▶
Making this feature opt-out is a clear violation of the GDPR. Linkedin claims they have a "legitimate interest" in collecting this data for AI training without consent, but this argument is laughable.
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1. omnicognate ◴[22 Sep 25 11:12 UTC] No.45331816{4}[source]▶
"Legitimate interest" is abused on an absurd scale
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2. dspillett ◴[22 Sep 25 12:12 UTC] No.45332316[source]▶
Even as written in the regs "legitimate interest" shouts "we are your preference not to be stalked by advertisers or provide us with free training material, but fuck you and your silly little preferences we want to anyway so here have another hoop to jump through", and it is stretched even further from there.