John Regehr1d ago

fuck the browsers for making this even possible. do I have to go and disable all .js???

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.

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@regehr

there's a reason why i've been using firefox for a while and using a js blocker, where i have to explicitly allow javascript to run, along with making firefox my default browser in the OS. if something tries to launch a browser and follow a URL, i've at least made it much harder to load a malicious site.

yes, it makes browsing more cumbersome, and no, i shouldn't have to do any of this but here we are... between ad brokers, malware, and overly nosy social media, it's the cost of being on the web.

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