LinkedIn vs X
Based on our analysis, LinkedIn is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | X | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | D · 38/100 | F · 24/100 |
| What they collect | Concern (28) | Concern (20) |
| Who they share it with | Concern (30) | Concern (18) |
| What you can do | Concern (42) | Concern (35) |
| What they promise | Concern (42) | Concern (38) |
LinkedIn builds a remarkably detailed professional and personal profile from everything you do on and off the platform — including inferred age, gender, salary, and seniority — then shares it with Microsoft, advertisers, and third-party partners. Your data persists even after account closure, your public activity is fed into Microsoft's broader ad ecosystem, and there is no way to opt out of non-personalised ads.
View full analysis →X collects everything you do on and off the platform, infers your identity even when you're signed out, and explicitly allows third-party 'collaborators' to use your data to train their own AI models. There is no meaningful way to stop the core collection, your public posts are available via API for mass scraping, and security is disclosed only in the vaguest terms.
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