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LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer (browsergate.eu)

submitted 6 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47613981

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[–] msage@programming.dev 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

They will always allow it as long as you have javascript or any other code.

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[–] Madrigal@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

That much is true.

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