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?
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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.