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LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer (browsergate.eu)
submitted 6 months ago by 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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[–] 42 points 6 months ago (1 child)

And yet the thread you linked says they are scanning for browser plugins.

Which is very different from scanning our computers....

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago

    Right? It describes some fingerprinting techniques the site uses, but browser sandboxing limits the available data.

    This type of scan is uncommon, and slightly more invasive than other tracking techniques, but neither new nor urgent.

    It doesn't paint the site operator as a paragon of privacy for sure tho.

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