LinkedIn is boosting authentication to keep jobseekers safe – TechRadar

Home News Computing (Image credit: wk1003mike / Shutterstock ) LinkedIn has officially launched new verification features aimed at protecting its users from scammers impersonating companies and hiring managers.Going forward, any company posting a job ad on LinkedIn can verify its website and work email, and the person posting the ad can have their government-issued ID card verified by CLEAR, the same company that works on security lines at airports and other venues. “When you see verifications on job posts, that means there is information that has been verified as authentic by the job poster, LinkedIn or one of our partners,” LinkedIn said in a blog post.Fraudulent message warningsCompanies can use CLEAR’s services for free, but they need to share a US phone number and government ID first. Both the poster, and the company, can also be verified by Microsoft Entra, too. This service, however, is reserved only for the companies enrolled in the program. Furthermore, LinkedIn will now alert people if the message they just received could be fraudulent: “We now also alert you if messages on LinkedIn include high-risk content that could impact your security. For example, we will alert you if a message asks you to take the conversation to another
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