Jan Penfrat3d ago

It's quite damning that the folks behind the #BrowserGate investigation about #LinkedIn's hidden browser extensions scanning programme have opted to sue #Microsoft in court for #DMA infringement rather than submitting a complaint for public enforcement to the @EUCommission.

It looks like they have little trust in the EU Commission to do that job quickly and effectively enough. 🤷‍♂️

#DigitalMarketsAct #competition #DataProtection #GDPR #privacy

Show threadOsma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦3d ago

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@vantiss/116342005257886265

Or maybe they just want to settle with Microsoft to get access to LinkedIn for their own data scraping tool..
@ilumium @EUCommission

Show threadJan Penfrat3d ago
@osma Hm that may well be the case. But the question is: is it correct that Linkedin collects this personal information and use it that way? If yes, I don't mind so much the reasons for why people found out...
Show threadOsma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦
It obviously isn't great. They're doing something expressly permitted by Chrome extensions, but in huge mass and for quite dubious, if not outright illegal (ref Data Act) purposes. That said, to my understanding neither Safari nor Firefox users are vulnerable, and as you also determined, the whisteblowers are also dubious. We're in agreement esp ref your followup reply.
@ilumium
Apr 4 at 5:48pmWeb