How can i limit who can see my linkedin profile?

I recently noticed that my linkedin profile is visible to any logged in linkedin user, after hours of googling the "how to" i could not fin a reasonable answer to my question.

I have locked my public profile(this means a person that hasn't login to linkedin can't view my profile, which is OK).

To test i made a fake profile and opened my linkedin profile and i was able to see all my info, a lot of people in linkedin forum was complaining about this.

Any of you knows how to limit that? i just want my 1st degree connections to be able to see my profile, the rest shouldn't.

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stryder144

Apparently, LinkedIn doesn't allow you to do that.

darkerz

For your public profile, you can forbid any showing or limit the info.

For your private, connected profile, it will only show details to your first hop connections...

I've never had issues with it, the biggest privacy concern for me is the recruiters. Dear god, they keep coming. Good problem to have until I read "YOU WULD BE GREAT SQL ARCHITECT", yep, that's what BGP does.

SQL.

chmod

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I created a fake profile and i can see any profile(full).

Xyro

Why would someone not want people to view their LinkedIn profile? Is this not the idea of the site, to network as to then increase your availability for positions of employment?

This is a career-oriented networking site. Why would anyone wish to hide themselves? What is the point in being on the site then?

jibbajabba

^^ that ... It's LinkedIn, not Facebook

Cert Poor

Xyro wrote: »

Why would someone not want people to view their LinkedIn profile? Is this not the idea of the site, to network as to then increase your availability for positions of employment?

This is a career-oriented networking site. Why would anyone wish to hide themselves? What is the point in being on the site then?

I used to think this way until I became the target of a stalker who researched me on the Internet and used anything regarding name, address, family members, current and former employers, current and former schools, affiliations, etc. to social engineer and issue threats toward me (extortion). "If you don't do this, I'll do this. If you do this, then this..."

This person also did the same thing to other people across the country, making this felony level. I guess I won't comment on the FBI case, but it really opened my eyes.

I've since deleted ALL of my employment and school info from LinkedIn and ALL of my employment info from Facebook, and I'm systematically Googling myself and deleting whitepages and anything I can find that will help a criminal stalker find me and try to hurt me or my family.

And don't forget, I believe if you pay $19.99 to LinkedIn, it grants you the ability to see anybody's profile.

Let's go over what we know about social engineering: if you know someone's name and possibly city/state, where they work, and who they associate with, that is a tremendous wealth of ammunition that can be used to launch an attack against you, and even against your loved ones (mother, father, children). By not making this information publicly available in the first place, it drastically reduces one's "attack surface" for this kind of sociopathic behavior.

My resume is private. I only give it out when I am the one applying. It is not publicly available any longer. I'm stronger as a result of my experiences, and I wouldn't wish this on anyone. Sick world.

chmod

Recruiters have premium accounts they can see full profile, with that i'm fine.

I really don't need more people to know my entire life in the past i was able to block 3rd degree users to see my profile but that is not available anymore(in my country at least or i don't know how to do it now) so my information is publicly available to more than just recruiters(any person with an account).

I think is too dangerous to have that much info publicly available in the internet.

EdTheLad

LinkedIn groups
You:Recruiters:everyone

Chmod 740

, Couldn't resist

chmod

EdTheLad wrote: »

LinkedIn groups
You:Recruiters:everyone

Chmod 740

, Couldn't resist

Hahahahahaha

Xyro

Cert Poor wrote: »

This person also did the same thing to other people across the country

This sounds as if it was someone you met on the Internet because if it had been someone you knew in physical life they would have had most of this information anyway, so the error here was not having career information online but instead most likely the result of sharing personal details (full name, etc.) to someone you met online... which is often a risk.

Cert Poor wrote: »

Let's go over what we know about social engineering: if you know someone's name and possibly city/state, where they work, and who they associate with, that is a tremendous wealth of ammunition that can be used to launch an attack against you, and even against your loved ones (mother, father, children). By not making this information publicly available in the first place, it drastically reduces one's "attack surface" for this kind of sociopathic behavior.

Even if you do not put this information on a career-centered site, it will still be reasonably easy to obtain. Again, the error was in sharing personal details in the first place. This is why "way back when" people invented nicknames to be used on the Internet instead of sharing your real name.

There is a distinction between sites geared towards social networking and sites geared toward career advancement. One (career) can be intermingled with "real life" and the other generally cannot.