EDIT: @rysiek has an explanation about the shady things LinkedIn is doing. He explains it far better than I did:

https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/116337205401370428

LinkedIn/Microsoft are definitely NOT to be trusted. But I realize phrasing is important. So I’m moderating my own post. I apologize if this was misconstrued.

But I subjectively believe there is a high likelihood that LinkedIn is doing nefarious things with this data.

#BrowserGate #LinkedIn #InfoSec #OpSec #Privacy #YouAreTheProduct #Microsoft

@markwyner

How can a browser scan your computer?

If this is indeed possible, I have overestimated how sandboxed browsers are.

@rapsneezy I think “scan your computer” is ambiguous. Whatever they’re doing is not good.