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LinkedInへアクセスする度にPC内が違法に検索されてしまうと主張する調査プロジェクト「BrowserGate」 - GIGAZINE
https://gigazine.net/news/20260403-linkedin-browsergate/
TacTacNe me cherchez plus sur LinkedIn, je suis parti...
LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer
Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm. The user is never asked. Never told. LinkedIn’s privacy policy does not mention it. Because LinkedIn knows each user’s real name, employer, and job title, it is not searching anonymous visitors. It is searching identified people at identified companies. Millions of companies. Every day. All over the world.
Nils FuhrmannDa haben wir den nächsten Hammer:
☣️ Microsoft spioniert LinkedIn-User aus, indem es bösartigen Code in ihre #Browser einschleust ☣️
𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘐𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯, 𝘫𝘦𝘵𝘻𝘵!
Executive Summary | BrowserGate
https://browsergate.eu/executive-summary/
Executive Summary
Microsoft Corporation’s LinkedIn is running a massive, global, and illegal spying operation on every computer that visits their website. 1. The Regulation of Linkedin In 2024 Microsoft was designated as a “gatekeeper” under the Digital Markets Act in the EU. The two regulated products are Microsoft Windows and Microsoft LinkedIn. The Digital Markets Act mandates that gatekeepers allow business users and authorized third parties free, effective, high-quality, continuous and real-time access to all data, including personal data, that is generated through the use of (LinkedIn).
Djoerd Hiemstra 🍉LinkedIn has 33,000 employees and a $15 billion legal budget.
But there are one billion LinkedIn users.
And they have this list of five things you can do to help stop #BrowserGate:
5 Things you can do to help stop BrowserGate
LinkedIn has 33,000 employees and a $15 billion legal budget. But we are one billion LinkedIn users. And you have this list. 01 | Check if your tools are on the list Search the database of 6,222 extensions LinkedIn scans for. Search the list → Enter your extension name or ID and see it in LinkedIn’s actual JavaScript code. Takes 10 seconds. 02 | Share this with someone who should know Most people have no idea this is happening. Use our pre-written posts and media assets to share on LinkedIn, X, Mastodon, Bluesky, or Facebook. Each post is tailored to the platform. One click.
Molly MillionScandalo #Browsergate: secondo il sito https://www.browsergate.eu, ogni volta che un utente accede a #Linkedin questo scansiona i plugin installati sul browser, raccoglie i dati e li trasmette ai server di Linkedin, il tutto senza autorizzazione.
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LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer
Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm. The user is never asked. Never told. LinkedIn’s privacy policy does not mention it. Because LinkedIn knows each user’s real name, employer, and job title, it is not searching anonymous visitors. It is searching identified people at identified companies. Millions of companies. Every day. All over the world.
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply 
The BrowserGate folks have provided an evidence pack, proving the scraping of data from your computer.
This includes a sworn affidavit by LinkedIn’s Senior Manager of Software Engineering and Machine Learning, Milinda Lakkam. It’s an admission of guilt. Under oath.
https://browsergate.eu/the-evidence-pack/
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#BrowserGate #LinkedIn #InfoSec #OpSec #Privacy #Crime #YouAreTheProduct #Microsoft
The Evidence Pack
Everything on this page is independently verifiable. The source code speaks for itself. Its own engineer, under oath, admits it. Exhibit 1 — LinkedIn’s JavaScript bundle File: 5fdhwcppjcvqvxsawd8pg1n51.js Size: ~2.7 MB (13,159 lines of minified JavaScript) Webpack chunk: chunk.905 This is the file LinkedIn serves to every Chrome user who visits linkedin.com. It contains a hardcoded array of 6,222 Chrome extension IDs, each paired with a specific internal file path that LinkedIn engineers mapped for detection.
WARNING: LinkedIn has your profile. They have more from illegally spying on you.
“LinkedIn started injecting malicious code into the browsers of their users, without their knowledge or their consent. At the time of writing, this code downloads a list of 6,222 software products and brute-forces the detection of each one.”
More info:
https://browsergate.eu/executive-summary/
What you can do:
https://browsergate.eu/take-action/
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#BrowserGate #LinkedIn #InfoSec #OpSec #Privacy #Crime #YouAreTheProduct #Microsoft
Wandering ThinkerLinkedIn незаконно осуществляет поиск на вашем компьютере.
Компания Microsoft проводит одну из крупнейших операций по корпоративному шпионажу в современной истории.
Компания Microsoft проводит одну из крупнейших операций по корпоративному шпионажу в современной истории.
Каждый раз, когда кто-либо из миллиардов пользователей LinkedIn заходит на сайт linkedin.com, скрытый код сканирует их компьютер и собирает результаты об установленном программном обеспечении, и передает их на серверы LinkedIn, а также сторонним компаниям, включая американо-израильскую фирму по кибербезопасности.
Пользователя ни о чём не спрашивают. Ему ничего не сообщают. В политике конфиденциальности LinkedIn об этом ничего не говорится.
Поскольку LinkedIn знает настоящее имя каждого пользователя, место работы и должность, он ищет не анонимных посетителей, а идентифицированных людей в идентифицированных компаниях. В миллионах компаний. Каждый день. По всему миру.
Полностью тут (en): browsergate.eu/
#LinkedIn #Microsoft #espionage #BrowserGate
LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer
Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm. The user is never asked. Never told. LinkedIn’s privacy policy does not mention it. Because LinkedIn knows each user’s real name, employer, and job title, it is not searching anonymous visitors. It is searching identified people at identified companies. Millions of companies. Every day. All over the world.
Michael J. BurgessAccording to BrowserGate, LinkedIn silently scans Chrome-based browsers for installed extensions without consent, without disclosure, and without any clear mention in its privacy policy. The project says the scan covers 6,222 extensions, including job search tools, VPNs, ad blockers, and more.
This is what normalised surveillance looks like: quiet, routine, and attached to a platform built on real Identity.
How much hidden browser profiling should any platform be allowed to get away with?
#Privacy #LinkedIn #BrowserGate #DigitalRights #Surveillance
LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer
Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm. The user is never asked. Never told. LinkedIn’s privacy policy does not mention it. Because LinkedIn knows each user’s real name, employer, and job title, it is not searching anonymous visitors. It is searching identified people at identified companies. Millions of companies. Every day. All over the world.
Michael Downey 🧢🚨 LinkedIn runs a silent browser scan on every Chrome user who visits the site. 6,222 extensions. ~405 million users affected. No consent, no disclosure, no mention in their privacy policy.
The scan identifies your sales tools, VPN, ad blocker, job search extensions, and extensions tied to religion, politics, and disability.
The full technical breakdown, legal analysis, and searchable database of every scanned extension:
LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer
Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm. The user is never asked. Never told. LinkedIn’s privacy policy does not mention it. Because LinkedIn knows each user’s real name, employer, and job title, it is not searching anonymous visitors. It is searching identified people at identified companies. Millions of companies. Every day. All over the world.