@abrignoni Sadly, I’m going to assume that changing this setting to “Off” will have no effect in the long run.

@abrignoni I wonder how long this setting has been around? I always just assumed that I was feeding Microsoft and Crystal Knows, and the like.

@abrignoni @catsalad Remember Outlook with its 700-ish partners. I don't think that meme was made up.

@abrignoni Just when you thought #linkedin couldn't get any shittier…

@abrignoni At least it's honestly labeled. Credit to whoever fought for that small token of sanity.

@abrignoni please participate in data feudalism #MLsec https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-the-data-ocean-is-being-sectioned-off

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Thanx! I immediately went to my LinkedIn account and turned this and many other settings off that I'd never asked for. Like this last-but-not-least WTF, which was set to ON but I toggled OFF:

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#ALT4you
Data for Generative Al Impr...
Can Linkedln and its affiliates use your personal data and content you create on Linkedln to train generative Al models that create content?
Use my data for training content creation Al models [toggle set to OFF]
This setting controls the training of generative Al models used to create content. When this setting is on Linkedln and its affiliates may use your personal data and content you create on Linkedln for that purpose. Learn more.

@abrignoni thanks for the helpful tip re: LinkedIn auto AI enrollment opt-out instructions!

@abrignoni I'm so tired of having to constantly defend myself from being scraped, all while knowing they'll take what they want anyway and our public officials are falling down on the job of regulating this shit.

@abrignoni Not in my settings yet - probably something to check for over the next couple of days/weeks...

@abrignoni Thanks for posting that, I never opt in to data collection and guess what... it was turned on. Damn data thieves!

@abrignoni Thank you!

@abrignoni Thank you for sharing this! I don't use the mobile app (I don't trust it), only the web site, and either the web site has hidden this setting really well or it's not available.

@abrignoni Creepy, invasive behaviour by LinkedIn; wow, there's something y'don't see except for completely fucking always. Gross. Thanks for the pointer.

@abrignoni @catsalad it was turned on for me as well and I definitely never opted in.

@abrignoni i don't see "Settings -> Data Privacy -> Data for Generative AI Improvement" in my #linkedin. could it be that automatic opt-in was not rolled inside #EU? #privacy #ai

@[email protected] Thanks for the heads-up. I turned off a bunch of shit.