kravietz 🦇As part of the campaign in removing everyone from the market who might actually make use of the Digital Markets Act, LinkedIn started injecting malicious code into the browsers of their users, without their knowledge or their consent.
At the time of writing, this code downloads a list of 6,222 software products and brute-forces the detection of each one. The scan covers extensions with a combined user base of approximately 405 million people.
Executive Summary
Microsoft Corporation’s LinkedIn is running a massive, global, and illegal spying operation on every computer that visits their website. 1. The Regulation of Linkedin In 2024 Microsoft was designated as a “gatekeeper” under the Digital Markets Act in the EU. The two regulated products are Microsoft Windows and Microsoft LinkedIn. The Digital Markets Act mandates that gatekeepers allow business users and authorized third parties free, effective, high-quality, continuous and real-time access to all data, including personal data, that is generated through the use of (LinkedIn).
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