DeusThe times we live in. #LinkedIn asking for verifying your identity via Aadhar Card. #Privacy #India. Courtesy, a friend. @mastodonindians
Hemish/हेमिश/ਹੇਮਿਸ਼/ہیمِش@Deus @mastodonindians and the same #LinkedIn forces me to add a last name, while I am legally #mononymous i.e. all my official records including aadhar, birth certificate, passport, school marksheets, don't have any surname or last name or middle name. All of them just have a single name "Hemish"
Glad they didn’t hassle you with adding a middle name. Someone here posted that govt officials told him it’s mandatory in Maharashtra.
@Deus @mastodonindians i never had a problem, even in passport, because it just picked up my name from aadhar card, and aadhar only has a single name.
Akshay | అక్షయ్@hemish @Deus @mastodonindians Friend of mine officially doesn’t have a surname. When he travelled to US for pleasure, they listed his surname as LNU in his visa: Last Name Unavailable.
He’s still listed Mr Lnu in Marriott’s loyalty program, with receptionists still asking how they should pronounce “Lnu”
@cydonian @Deus @mastodonindians yeah i have heard about these things, but why does US even want a surname? The so-called freedom country is not so free to choose your own name
@hemish @Deus @mastodonindians Think it’s more cultural than anything else; you’re free to have any name, just that they don’t design systems to cater for those whose names don’t fall under the {first name}-{middle name}-{last name} {suffix} format. That doesn’t always work for Asian names.
Arun Mani J@hemish @Deus @mastodonindians oh we are talking about names and poorly designed forms?? My personal favorite is the forms which force you to have three names, no more no less. The worst of the worst is those of the format First Name, Middle Name, Family Name. I wonder how narrow minded the person who suggested the system is....
@hemish @Deus @mastodonindians The first issue is, they require you to fill all the three places. And you are in a big trouble if your name doesn't match the format. For example, my name is Arun Mani, here Mani isn't my family name or anything, just my name. J is my initial, that is the first letter of my father's name.
@mastodonindians the next issue is addressing. After digging up your family tree and submitting the form with your "made up" names using your great grand father's kingdom of reign when he went to war against Alexander The Great, you are now annoyed by how the system now addresses you... Taking again my name as example, some thing J is my name and address me as J. People who are from India, address me as Mani. People from Tamil Nadu (my native) use Arun (my preferred way of calling)
@mastodonindians my suggestion to everyone of us having to ever implement a name form.
1. A single field that just accepts your name as a single string. Not as a partition of fragments.
1.1. For love of God, don't have a limit on the length of the field to 32 or so characters. Keep it at least 128 or so.
3. Have another field called Display Name. Use this name to address the person.
A. If you are taking username, then simply use Display Name only
(This is my first thread sorry if I abused tags)
1. A single field that just accepts your name as a single string. Not as a partition of fragments.
1.1. For love of God, don't have a limit on the length of the field to 32 or so characters. Keep it at least 128 or so.
3. Have another field called Display Name. Use this name to address the person.
A. If you are taking username, then simply use Display Name only
(This is my first thread sorry if I abused tags)
@Deus @mastodonindians This extra ID verification shit exists only in US and India btw. In US, it is _any_ government ID. In India, only Aadhar.
And some fellow in Nairobi/Kenya is probably doing the verification of the uploaded file.
@Deus I totally missed the fact that it’s not Aadhar _authentication_ , meaning LinkedIn doesn’t speak with Aadhar’s systems. It’s Aadhar _verification_, meaning LinkedIn only checks if the uploaded PDF somehow fits in the Aadhar format.
Makes it even worse, doesn’t it.
Sreedev Krishnakumar@Deus @mastodonindians this is still optional, right?
I believe it is. Recently saw this ‘Verify your work email’ to show you’re legit. Must be related to that so you can ‘showcase’ it in your profile.
Sumit Sahoo@Deus @mastodonindians To be honest I am not against it. The verification is done via DigiLocker and Aadhaar is never shared with LinkedIn. This makes sure the user is authentic. I think this is a brilliant idea to implement across social networks. Govt holds the identity and there will be less scams across social networks. DigiLocker acts as 3rd factor if you will.
This makes sure the user is authentic
Yes. Esp in the context of a (well) ‘professional’ social media network. Also, considering the number of ‘spammy’ looking accounts esp. recruiters and ‘life coaches’, it’s good in the Indian context. You however do want to call out the LinkedFluencers and tone deaf posts with an Alt account - waiting till retirement to call them out is too long a wait. 😉
I’m with @arunmani on this - keep it optional. At least the legit ones won’t suffer.