Topic: Coinbase Asks Users for LinkedIn Info (Read 1079 times)
Well it looks like Coinbase are on a roll to get as much personal information as possible from their userbase. Isn't Coinbase the most popular wallet in the USA though? What are the alternatives if people are not satisfied with their policy? I have heard about Circle being mentioned a couple of times. Does anyone have any experience with them? I don't think Coinbase are that good as not to have an alternative to them.
Bad news for them after they blocked people I stopped using there wallet. With this new LinkedIn requesting they will lose more people because of privacy.
This will certainly happen people uses bitcoin to be anonymous and now they want to get more information from a person who uses their services,if this continue coinbase will have no more users.
This looks to be a good move. They can know their customers and go through their entire profile and if appropriate candidates are there. Carrier option might get availed.
This makes me wonder if coinbase and linkedin are in business together. Customers that don't have a linkedin account would need to create one to satisfy this requirement.
Yup, this violates the main purpose of Bitcoin (anonymity). This can't be happening, because Coinbase is a Bitcoin company which should support the Bitcoin not ruin it.
Seriously? What if I don't use LinkedIn? At least not at the moment. I hope this is not an April Fool.
They are going to far into peoples privacy if anyone is using this arrive they might as well go to a decent one. Get a different wallet and adjust because at the rate coinbase is going I will expect them to ask for your PayPal Facebook and twitter forbthe protection of users.
Bad news for them after they blocked people I stopped using there wallet. With this new LinkedIn requesting they will lose more people because of privacy.
yeah that's true,coinbase always have weird problem so far,after some couple month ago people report to this forum that his wallet closed without any explanation,and then coinbase not receive any funds from gambling address,and now more problem appear. but i think this will not make people lost trust to coinbase.Regarding Gambling it is clearly mentioned in their terms and condition that Gambling is not allowed . If they figure out that your coins are involved in Gambling activities they will simply block your account. So its time to move on desktop wallets
Okay! Cough-Cough-BS I am having a hard time believing anything today. What's worse is that some of this stuff might actually be true! It's totally believable in some cases because so many absurd things like this are really happening. How would having to provide LinkedIn information seem like a legitimate request? Come on....We can do better than that, can't we?
Are they requiring this information for existing accounts? I have an account with them but I prefer not to share more info than I have to.
What's this nonsense? I'm not on Linkedin, and very few people I work with is. That network is certainly big in the US, but it doesn't enjoy the same success everywhere in the world. So I guess coinbase is only interested in gaining clients from the US corporate world.
coinbase is going to keep loosing the anonymity factor until it is just like paypal
Ha! I have no idea why people use Coinbase. Nothing surprises me with them any more, still don't understand why people use them. I've said it before but they go against EVERYTHING that uᴉoɔʇᴉq was intended to be.
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Oh! I still don't like them any way
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I have a Coinbase account.
I've never been asked for LinkedIn Information at all.
I've never been asked for LinkedIn Information at all.
Oh! I still don't like them any way
Bad news for them after they blocked people I stopped using there wallet. With this new LinkedIn requesting they will lose more people because of privacy.
yeah that's true,coinbase always have weird problem so far,after some couple month ago people report to this forum that his wallet closed without any explanation,and then coinbase not receive any funds from gambling address,and now more problem appear. but i think this will not make people lost trust to coinbase.
Bad news for them after they blocked people I stopped using there wallet. With this new LinkedIn requesting they will lose more people because of privacy.
Have any of you bothered to look at your calendar yet today?
There sure are some pretty gullible people on this forum.
That is definitely no April fool hoax!There sure are some pretty gullible people on this forum.
I have a Coinbase account.
I've never been asked for LinkedIn Information at all.
Maybe.
Seems unlikely to me.
Until I see proof, I'll continue to assume that such reports are lame attempts at FUD.
Have any of you bothered to look at your calendar yet today?
There sure are some pretty gullible people on this forum.
That is definitely no April fool hoax!There sure are some pretty gullible people on this forum.
I have a Coinbase account.
I've never been asked for LinkedIn Information at all.
But others got asked it seems.
To be honest I don't care because I don't user their service.
Everyone is free to decide what wallet or exchanges he uses.In Bitcoinland you have a choice.
Have any of you bothered to look at your calendar yet today?
There sure are some pretty gullible people on this forum.
That is definitely no April fool hoax!There sure are some pretty gullible people on this forum.
I have a Coinbase account.
I've never been asked for LinkedIn Information at all.
Have any of you bothered to look at your calendar yet today?
There sure are some pretty gullible people on this forum.
There sure are some pretty gullible people on this forum.
That is definitely no April fool hoax!
There was a discussion about that on reddit already 4 days ago.
https://www.reddit.com/r/uᴉoɔʇᴉq/comments/4c9b46/coinbase_takes_kyc_to_a_new_level_by_asking/
Is this an April Fool's joke? 
I think it's a bit cheeky of Coinbase to be asking for users LinkedIn accounts on top of the already submitted KYC info. By the way the article recommends using Mycelium Trader and Paxful due to their lowered personal identification requirements. I didn't know about Paxful and I am going to check it out right now. It's great when I am finding out about new Bitcoin exchanges.
I think it's a bit cheeky of Coinbase to be asking for users LinkedIn accounts on top of the already submitted KYC info. By the way the article recommends using Mycelium Trader and Paxful due to their lowered personal identification requirements. I didn't know about Paxful and I am going to check it out right now. It's great when I am finding out about new Bitcoin exchanges. Jump to: