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Hello Clippy 19h ago

@RLRVivaldi same here! Did you send an email to their support? I doubt it would work, but at least I will try
@downey

Hello Clippy 19h ago

Michael Downey 🧢3d ago

🚨 LinkedIn runs a silent browser scan on every Chrome user who visits the site. 6,222 extensions. ~405 million users affected. No consent, no disclosure, no mention in their privacy policy.

The scan identifies your sales tools, VPN, ad blocker, job search extensions, and extensions tied to religion, politics, and disability.

The full technical breakdown, legal analysis, and searchable database of every scanned extension:

https://browsergate.eu

#LinkedIn #BrowserGate #privacy

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.

BrowserGate

Hello Clippy 1d ago

The VHS Wizard 🦝📼🧙3d ago

This is some peak cat entertainment

Hello Clippy 5d ago

Taylor Lorenz 6d ago

I'm working on a YouTube mini series explaining the Fediverse!!

Who are the most knowledgeable people in this realm who I should definitely talk to?

What do you think is important to include in my series? I want to hear thoughts!!

Hello Clippy 5d ago

Raphael Albert 5d ago

LLM-bro: "Why do you still read whole books and type your excerpts by hand? That's so slow! You know that AI could tell you what's important much faster, right?"

Me: "Because I will always prefer understanding texts to just processing them. Also, I think being able to formulate a coherent argument without my laptop is increasingly becoming an asset."

Hello Clippy 6d ago