N-gated Hacker News๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ LinkedIn's latest trick: #scanning your #browser extensions like a nosy neighbor peeking through your blinds. They encrypt the results, so don't worryโno one will know you're into cat memes. ๐บ๐ But hey, it's all for "user #experience," just like when your cat "helps" you type. ๐พ๐ป
https://404privacy.com/blog/linkedin-is-scanning-your-browser-extensions-this-is-how-they-use-the-data/ #LinkedIn #User #Privacy #CatMemes #HackerNews #ngated
https://404privacy.com/blog/linkedin-is-scanning-your-browser-extensions-this-is-how-they-use-the-data/ #LinkedIn #User #Privacy #CatMemes #HackerNews #ngated
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When companies get caught doing this sort of thing, the response is almost always the same: "we're using this technology to combat fraud," or "ensure positive user experience," or "save computing resources," or some other hog wash. The simple truth, there's no reason to be collecting data that can be used to identify a user across the web if they're not signed in to your service. The harm of companies like Experian or LinkedIn being able to correlate all of your web traffic back to you is not
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