Paco Hope20h ago

Holy shit this is detailed. Can you believe the hubris to silently collect all this information on users?

#privacy

https://browsergate.eu/how-it-works/

The Attack: How it works

Every time you open LinkedIn in a Chrome-based browser, LinkedIn’s JavaScript executes a silent scan of your installed browser extensions. The scan probes for thousands of specific extensions by ID, collects the results, encrypts them, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers. The entire process happens in the background. There is no consent dialog, no notification, no mention of it in LinkedIn’s privacy policy. This page documents exactly how the system works, with line references and code excerpts from LinkedIn’s production JavaScript bundle.

BrowserGate
Show threadNazo
@paco So, in what way is this differentiated from a hostile virus that would warrant a mass effort to take it down?
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Show threadPaco Hope15h ago
@nazokiyoubinbou Shareholder value.
Show threadNazo15h ago

@paco Based on the list of fines that law enforcement in several countries are obligated to raise against them, I'm thinking this actually doesn't meet shareholder value either.

Honestly, if they were hit with the full force of that (god I wish they would be) it would very possibly bankrupt Microsoft. I suppose they'll be hit with a slap on the wrist instead, but still... It's probably going to hurt.