Yeah, I know a girl who used her nickname rather than real name for her account. It got locked and required ID verification, which was obviously denied.

I no longer use LinkedIn. I've never gotten a job from the site. Mostly just spam messages. A horrible platform.

i deleted mine because it does not work, it makes me search for many certifications and stuff, i was looking for things to get a certification, and not to learn, i was so terrible. toxic platform.

Yes it is bad. Since Microsoft got it they are trying to milk people's data.

One should use it only to apply for work, and in most cases the links take you to the companies' websites, so you can avoid uploading tons of data on LI.

What do you use for job hunting?

Basically just Indeed. It's where I got most of my jobs. I know it's limiting. If LinkedIn works for you, use it. But it's been the worst site for me, honestly.

You just have to stop using linked in unfortunately. My account got randomly locked with this id verification message, and even going through the id verification doesn't help. I wasted hours trying to get back in but its totally useless.

Do you think it's really random?

How can I know, no explanation was given.

LinkedIn gave me a random notification a couple days back, suggesting I verify my account via ID & Persona. I declined and got no changes to my account or further notification, maybe they are currently trying to push this feature on people?

Maybe try their form for "compromised account"?

https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/TS-RHA

I made an account many years ago and spent a few hours creating my profile which is really all I did. I didn't tell anyone about it, I didn't do anything public like following or posting, I didn't look anyone up while being logged in, I simply filled it with CV info and that's it. I don't recall if that's a thing or false memory but I think I had even kept my profile private at that point because it wasn't finished. The next day I logged in from my workplace and once I got home I noticed I had been locked out because of "suspicious logins" and that I "shared my credentials with others which isn't allowed". I don't remember how I contacted them but I believe there was a support form which didn't require login - so I did and explained the situation, that my account wasn't even 48h old, that I had logged in exactly twice from only two different ISPs from the same country and that I obviously hadn't shared my credentials with a third party (why would I?!) and that this was silly and ridiculous and that I asked my account to be unlocked. Didn't take long to get a reply which didn't state anything else but that I would require to send them a copy of my ID (passport) via mail. Noped the fuck out of that and never looked back. I can't but think the whole website is a scam.

I got my account blocked for no reason and they required my ID to resume access. Apparently I don't trust that at all and registered for a new account with an alias email. They unlocked my primary account without me doing anything after a few days. So my suggestion is to disregard it.

Facebook once demanded my driver's license to verify my account. A couple months later they suddenly didn't need it anymore.

Have you actually changed your photo?

No.

It sounds like they are after your password and photo ID.

You could create a second account and reach support that way.

iirc that too is against their TOS, you may only have one account.