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LinkedIn scans for 6k+ browser extensions you've installed on your computer when you visit their website with a Chrome based browser.

This is fine.🐶🔥🏠

https://browsergate.eu/extensions/

#LinkedIn #dataPrivacy #browserextensions #Chrome

Scanned Extensions Database

6,222 extensions. Zero consent. Every time you visit LinkedIn, a hidden JavaScript program scans your browser for installed Chrome extensions. No notice. No opt-in. No mention in their privacy policy. The scan doesn’t just look for LinkedIn-related tools. It identifies whether you use an Islamic content filter (PordaAI — “Blur Haram objects, real-time AI for Islamic values”), whether you’ve installed an anti-Zionist political tagger (Anti-Zionist Tag), or a tool designed for neurodivergent users (simplify). Under GDPR Article 9, processing data that reveals religious beliefs, political opinions, or health conditions requires explicit consent. LinkedIn obtains none.

BrowserGate

Charlie McHenry 5h ago

#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.
After years on the platform with not a single positive, not a single real job-related inquiry. I deleted my Linkedin profile last year. There have been no negatives to that decision, just a lot less BS. #DataPrivacy #tracking #surveillance #DigitalFreedom

https://browsergate.eu/

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.

BrowserGate

BiyteLüm 5h ago

AI agents are becoming operational infrastructure—but they’re also creating cross-border regulatory exposure.

For Latin American companies, GDPR and the EU AI Act can apply based on who you interact with, not where you’re based.

That threshold is easier to cross than it looks.

More here:

https://medium.com/@biytelum/ai-agents-gdpr-and-the-eu-ai-act-what-latin-american-companies-are-overlooking-e332df87826a

#GDPR #EUAIAct #DataPrivacy #LegalTech #AI

AI Agents, GDPR, and the EU AI Act: What Latin American Companies Are Overlooking

AI agents are quickly moving from experimental tools to operational infrastructure.

Medium

Negative PID SL 7h ago

Cybersecurity in Europe: an overview

https://negativepid.blog/cybersecurity-in-europe-an-overview/

#Cybersecurity #onlineSecurity #dataSecurity #dataPrivacy #compliance #governance #GDPR #HIPAA #Europe #US #dataRegulations #privacy #onlinePrivacy #negativepid

Cybersecurity in Europe: an overview - Negative PID

If 2013 marked the year Europe began to take cybersecurity seriously, the decade that followed transformed it into a legal and political priority. From

Negative PID

Unofficial PetaPixel Bot 9h ago

FTC Says OkCupid Shared Three Million User Photos with Facial Recognition Firm https://petapixel.com/2026/04/02/ftc-says-okcupid-shared-three-million-user-photos-with-facial-recognition-firm/ #aifacialrecognition #facialrecognition #dataprivacy #Technology #datingapp #privacy #News #Law #ftc

FTC Says OkCupid Shared Three Million User Photos with Facial Recognition Firm

The photos were used to train facial recognition technology.

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Sara-Jayne Slocombe (she/her)11h ago

Want to contribute to the UK's approach to digital ID?

"This session is designed for those with technical and/or policy expertise who can actively contribute to the discussion and help shape thinking in this space."

https://theodi.org/news-and-events/events/digital-id-shaping-responses-to-the-uk-government-consultation/

I don't have that expertise, just lots of strong opinions, so hopefully some of you do.

#data #DataPrivacy #DataUse #DataSecurity #PublicPolicy

Join us for a focused virtual roundtable on Digital ID – shaping responses to the UK Government consultation

The ODI

Tim Green 12h ago

AI algorithms flood feeds with bizarre and generated content, highlighting how resistance to surveillance can be easily neutralised by sophisticated tracking. Obfuscation remains symbolic; systemic change lies in regulation and cultural shift.
Discover more at https://dev.to/rawveg/data-noise-as-protest-5247
#HumanInTheLoop #DataPrivacy #DigitalResistance #Surveillance

Data Noise as Protest

Somewhere in the vast data centres that power Meta's advertising empire, an algorithm is learning to...

DEV Community

InfosecK2K 14h ago

GDPR compliance in the age of AI demands advanced identity controls and continuous monitoring. InfosecK2K strengthens organizations to manage synthetic identity risks and protect sensitive data.

#GDPR #DataPrivacy #CyberSecurity #AIThreats #DataProtection #InfosecK2K

Oʂɯαʅԃσ Rσყҽƚƚ 17h ago

New post: Hybrid and Sovereign Cloud — balancing cloud agility with data autonomy. Learn how to protect sensitive data and comply with regulations while staying flexible. Read here: https://wix.to/bM5OPK1

#DataPrivacy
#HybridCloud
#SovereignCloud
#CloudSecurity

Hybrid and Sovereign Cloud: Navigating the New Era of Data Protection and Digital Autonomy

Explore the evolving landscape of Cloud with Hybrid and Sovereign Cloud strategies. Learn how Cloud solutions ensure data protection and autonomy.

Negative PID SL 21h ago

The rise of Cookie Walls

https://negativepid.blog/the-rise-of-cookie-walls/

#cookieWalls #cookies #dataPrivacy #compliance #governance #GDPR #Europe #dataRegulations #privacy #onlinePrivacy #negativepid

The rise of Cookie Walls - Negative PID

More and more websites, especially news sites and blogs, are showing cookie pop-ups that block access unless you click “accept all”. This practice, often

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