joriki19h ago
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply 

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

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Show threadMichael Gale1d ago

@markwyner woooow

Really hectically messed up shi

Show threadDźwiedziu1d ago

@markwyner
Exercise caution about this revelation:
https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/116337205401370428

@darth_hideout

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (@[email protected])

There is a fresh thing going around about LinkedIn scanning extensions installed in Chrome/Chromium: https://browsergate.eu/ The website claims "LinkedIn is Illegally Searching Your Computer", and implies the purpose is to find "religious beliefs, political opinions, disabilities". tl;dr: - yes, LinkedIn is scanning through a list of 6k+ extensions on Chrome; - yes, this is bad; - but the website is disingenuous in making unnecessarily overblown claims. 🧵 #LinkedIn #BrowserGate #Privacy

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Show threadMark Wyner Won’t Comply 1d ago

@dzwiedziu

Thank you for that. 🙌🏻

@darth_hideout

Show threadTrimTab 🇺🇦1d ago

@markwyner
From what i read the attack only seems to work on a browser designed by an advertising company pretending to also do software.

I dumped chrome long ago as it was clear Google was focused on much evil, including crippling our ability to be free of corporate malfeasance.

Show threadSneezy1d ago

@markwyner

How can a browser scan your computer?

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

Show threadMark Wyner Won’t Comply 23h ago
@rapsneezy I think “scan your computer” is ambiguous. Whatever they’re doing is not good.
Show threadGurre Vildskägg1d ago

@markwyner

In a sane world this would be enough to nuke the whole platform and send the C-suite people to prison.

Show threadbenny23h ago
@markwyner @rysiek they only want my religious thoughts? They need not search anything, I'm pretty blunt about them.