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🚨 LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer

｢ Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits https://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 ｣

https://browsergate.eu/

#linkedin #privacy #surveillance

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♿ 🏳️‍🌈 La pantera roja 1d ago

@jbz wait. How. I mean, aren't browsers sandboxed, thus unable to perform scans? Or is it the app?

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Justin Derrick 1d ago

@jbz TL;DR Chrome-based Browsers, searching for browser plugins, not the apps and data on your hard drive.

I de-Googled my life back in 2013 after the #Snowden #NSA #Privacy Revelations.

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Michael B.1d ago

@jbz also read https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/

I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over.

I wanted a blue badge on LinkedIn. To get it, I gave a US company my passport, my face, and my biometric data. Then I read the fine print.

THE LOCAL STACK