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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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[–] StealthLizardDrop@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

So this is a more in depth explanation of what it actually does. In the end it only searches a specific number of extensions from chrome extension store, encrypts it and sends it off to 3rd party.

https://browsergate.eu/how-it-works/

But i also don't use chrome based browser and don't visit LinkedIn. Il live