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		Domenic_S on Sept 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Harvesting LinkedIn data for fun and profit > Get rid of duodecimal profile ids. Obscurity is not a solution here. I don't think it's meant to be a security element, but to disambiguate same name collisions, right?

applecrazy on Sept 11, 2019 [–]

This is true. The profile URL is customizable, and the profile id can be removed from the url.

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