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LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer (browsergate.eu)
submitted 2 weeks ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/1024319

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[–] Feyd@programming.dev 72 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Every time you open LinkedIn in a Chrome-based browser, LinkedIn’s JavaScript executes a silent scan of your installed browser extensions.

Still wrong, but but not quite as scary as "searches their computer for installed software" which makes it sound like it broke out of browser sandbox

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 17 points 2 weeks ago

Jokes on them, I never use chrome, and never go to Link'in. I guess they'll never know who I really am, by extension.

[–] null@lemmy.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Isn't that what most mainstream sites try to do anyway?