You can also just turn it off entirely, so no information is broadcasted to other LinkedIn users when your visit their profile. That's what I've chosen.

Profile Photos: Pretty straightforward. You can decide to see the photos of your connections, your network, or everyone on LinkedIn. I see no downside to the latter option if you like a more humanized experience on the Web.

Profile & Status Updates: People use LinkedIn not only to track colleagues, but to see the collective activity of businesses in the company profiles section (We did an ). When you update your resume - if you leave a job or take a new job - that information gets fed into company profiles and also LinkedIn's Movers & Shakers list.

I allow my actions to be published because I like reading the company profiles, and if everyone checked "no," the service would be pretty useless.

You must also decide whether or not to include your status update and make it available to your connections. Again, I don't think statuses will become a big part of LinkedIn until they integrate with Twitter.