Vivaldi BrowserSome people asked us about the LinkedIn issue that came out last week regarding tracking of extensions. We recommend always browsing with the tracker blocker enabled, and for this particular issue, activating the EasyPrivacy list (Settings > Privacy and Security > Tracker an Ad Blocking > Manage sources > Tracker blocking sources)
The Void ザ・ヴォイド@Vivaldi What’s “this particular issue”? Did you quote a post that’s now been deleted?
@TheVoidTLMB I somehow posted this to the feed instead of as a response to someone's comment?? I didn't drink enough coffee today. Let me find it for you
@Vivaldi Ha! :-)
@TheVoidTLMB https://browsergate.eu there you go ☕
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.
@Vivaldi Ah, right, ta. I saw that story recently. Never used LI, but good to know to continue to avoid it. 🙂
Ron Bowes@TheVoidTLMB @Vivaldi While the story isn't technically untrue, it's ai-generated, heavily biased to evoke emotions, uses intentionally misleading phrasing, and is with by somebody who got banned by LinkedIn for scraping
Here's a thread about it: https://bsky.app/profile/william-oconnell.bsky.social/post/3mil3dtznwc2u
William O'Connell (@william-oconnell.bsky.social)
I've seen this LinkedIn "BrowserGate" site posted a few places online. LinkedIn is "searching your computer"! It's a "mass breach of personal data"! It sounds illegal, and maybe it is, but you should know what this is really about, and who's behind it. 🧵