The article isn't entirely accurate about viewing 3rd degree connections. There are considerable number of profiles who have lot less information publicly viewa

The article isn't entirely accurate about viewing 3rd degree connections. There are considerable number of profiles who have lot less information publicly viewable (on public url), in those cases this wont work. Linkedin is basically trying to achieve 2 things here: a) Show you what you can do using premium b) Convert/onboard user If you have tried premium before, they will highlight it when "you are viewing a 3rd degree profile". There is a very very simple HACK for viewing full 3rd degree profiles without being a subscriber. Here's what you need to do: - When you arrive at a 3rd degree profile, copy the 'name' and 'company' (or an other attribute) e.g. 'Chris Amazon manager' - Google search for 'Chris Amazon manager linkedin', you'll get the full name of the person, but still would view a 3rd degree profile - Now copy the full name + 'attribute' and search in linkedin, voila... You see the full profile.